disconcert :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

upset, discomfit, untune, discompose

v. cause to lose one's composure

throw, flurry, confuse, bewilder, put off, consternate, bemuse, discombobulate

v. cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

upset, trouble, disturb

v. move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"

disturb, stir up, shake up, agitate, commove, raise up

v. change the arrangement or position of

grieve, aggrieve, give grief to, sadden greatly

v. cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother"

chagrin, mortify, humiliate, humble, abase

v. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

jar, shake up, shock physically, bump around

v. shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"

mistake, confuse, misconstrue, confound, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, take amiss

v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

stump, jumble, confuse, confound, mix up

v. assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"

chagrin, mortify, humiliate, humble, abase

v. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

shame

v. cause to be ashamed

outrage, shock, appal, offend, scandalize, appall

v. strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"

awe, inspire awe in, inspire with dread

v. inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"

repulse, repel

v. be repellent to; cause aversion in

throw, fox, puzzle, baffle, gravel, stupefy, stupify, perplex, mystify, confuse, confound, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, bewilder, flummox, nonplus, amaze, dumbfound, trounce

v. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

make unclear, make obscure, obfuscate

v. make obscure or unclear

overcast, cloud

v. make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

complicate, perplex, make harder

v. make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"

strain, deform, distort

v. alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"

hide, obliterate, obscure, blot out

v. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"

bother, annoy

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

interrupt, disturb

v. destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"

dizzy

v. make dizzy or giddy; "a dizzying pace"

daze, stun, bedaze

v. overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her"

overwhelm, overcome, overpower, overtake, whelm, sweep over

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

disarray, disorder, disturb the order of, bring disorder to, bring into disorder, throw into disorder

v. bring disorder to

clutter, clutter up

v. fill a space in a disorderly way

scatter, break up, disperse

v. cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"

put

v. cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"

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