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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion;
- Example: "the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand"
- Example: "looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw
[syn: discombobulated, disconcerted]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconcerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconcerting.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F. d['e]concerter.] 1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy. [1913 Webster] 2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash. [1913 Webster] The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do. --Thackeray. Syn: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

disconcerted adj 1: having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion; "the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand"; "looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw [syn: discombobulated, disconcerted]