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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disconcert \Dis'con*cert"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disconcert \Dis'con*cert"\, noun Want of concert; disagreement. --Sir W. Temple.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disconcert
verb
1: cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" [syn: {confuse}, {flurry}, {put off}]
2: cause to lose one's composure [syn: {upset}, {discompose}, {untune}, {discomfit}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "disconcert": abash, addle, addle the wits, agitate, appall, astound, baffle, balk, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, blast, bother, brave, bug, cast down, chagrin, challenge, checkmate, circumvent, cloud, confound, confront, confuse, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, dash, daze, dazzle, defeat, defy, destroy, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, discountenance, dish, dismay, disorganize, disorient, disquiet, disrupt, disturb, electrify, elude, embarrass, entangle, faze, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, foil, frustrate, fuddle, fuss, humiliate, jar, jolt, knock the chocks, maze, mist, mix up, moider, mortify, muddle, nonplus, perplex, perturb, pother, put out, puzzle, raise hell, rattle, rock, ruffle, ruin, sabotage, scotch, shake, shake up, shock, spike, spoil, stagger, stir, stonewall, stump, take aback, throw into confusion, thwart, trouble, unsettle, upset
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