/
ˌdɪskənˈsəːt/
v.
disturb the composure of; unsettle.
Derivative
- disconcerted adj.
- disconcertedly adv.
- disconcerting adj.
- disconcertingly adv.
- disconcertion n.
- disconcertment n. (rare).
Etymology
C17 (in the sense ‘upset the progress of’): from obs. Fr. desconcerter, from des- (expressing reversal) + concerter ‘bring together’.
