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Definition: Disconcerted |
DisconcertedAdjective1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "disconcerted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Synonym: DisconcertedSynonym: discombobulated (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disappointment | Adjective: disappointed; Verb: disconcerted, aghast; disgruntled; out of one's reckoning. |
Failure | Frustrated, crossed, unhinged, disconcerted dashed; thrown off one's balance, thrown on one's back, thrown on one's beam ends; unhorsed, in a sorry plight; hard hit. |
Inattention | Disconcerted, distracted, put out; Verb: |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Disconcerted |
| English words defined with "disconcerted": Impertrubable. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "disconcerted": Bertolde ♦ Navy. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "disconcerted": Disconcertion. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | This disconcerted the unpractised orator. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Javert was evidently somewhat disconcerted by the completely natural air and the tranquillity of Monsieur Madeleine. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Disconcerted" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 51.35% of the time. "Disconcerted" is used about 111 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 51.35% | 57 | 44,859 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 36.04% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 9.01% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.6% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 111 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "disconcerted": be disconcerted. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "disconcerted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i prishur (addle, addled, annulled, broken, corrupt, decayed, depraved, flyblown, godforsaken, haywire, high, perverted, putrid, rancid, rot, rotten, sour, spoilt, tainted, turned, unsound), i hutuar (abashed, absent, absentminded, bewildered, confused, distracted, dizzy, foggy, inadvertent, muddle-headed, perplexed, puzzle-headed, puzzle-pated, vague), i dekurajuar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مرتبك (agitated, baffled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, discomfited, disquieted, disturbed, embarrassed, lummox, perplexed, perturbed, puzzled, uneasy, upset). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | смутен (abashed, confused, constrained, distraught, embarrassed, muddle-headed, muzzy, perplexed, perturbed, raddle, self conscious, sheepish, uneasy, unrestful), объркан (addle-brained, bushed, confused, deranged, distraught, embarrassed, foggy, graven, haywire, helter-skelter, intricate, involute, lost, mazy, mixed, mixed up, muddle-headed, muddy, muzzy, obscure, perplexed, punch-drunk, puzzle-headed, puzzle-pated, raddle, tangly, turbid, undigested, unglued, woolly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozrušený (agitated, distraught, excited, fussed, keyed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | olla hämmennyksissä (be confused, be disconcerted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | décousu (discursive, disjointed), sans rapport (disconnected). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verdutzte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zavarodott (confused, distracted, distraught, embroiled, to be ill at ease, woolly-minded), nyugtalan (antsy, apprehensive, concerned, disquiet, fidgety, fussed, hectic, jittery, pained, qualmish, restive, restless, ruffled, skittish, to be all of a sweat, to be flurried, to be in a sweat, uneasy, worried), megzavart (bemused, entangled, out of joint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sconcertare (abash, baffle, be disconcerted, bewilder, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, faze, flummox, nonplus, stagger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 辟" (being frightened, shrink back, succumbing to, wince). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | へきえき (being frightened, shrink back, succumbing to, wince). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | forvirret. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isconcertedday desconcertado (cheap, upset), descomposto (unbuttoned), estragar (blunder, botch, bungle, deface, deteriorate, dilapidate, foulard, impair, injure, marabou, mess, muck, muddle, overset, poisoner, queer, rub, screw up, spoil). (various references) deconcertat (abashed, confused). (various references) смущенный (abashed, ablush, confused, embarrassed, taken aback), расстроенный (distempered, out of tune). (various references) uznemiren (disquieted, disturbed, perturbed, queasy, troubled, uneasy, unsettled, upset, vexed). (various references) desconcertado (abashed, astounds, bewildered, confused, embarrassed, hot under the collar, perplexed, stumps, taken aback). (various references) förlägen (abashed, awkward, embarrassed, self-conscious, shy). (various references) telaşlı (bustling, discomposedly, disconcerting, excitable, excited, feverish, flurried, fussy, hectic, hurried, uptight), karışık (adulterated, blended, calico, chequered, combined, complicated, composite, compound, confused, deep, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hybrid, inexplicit, inextricable, intricate, involute, involved, kinky, knotted, knotty, mazy, medley, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, obscure, out of square, promiscuous, turbid, unclassified, unsized, woolly, wooly), canı sıkılmış. (various references) засмучений (aggrieved, chap-fallen, dispirited, downcast, grieved, low-spirited, melancholy, sorrowful, sorry, woebegone), збентежений (abashed, bewildered, confused, distraught, ill at ease, puddled). (various references) luống cuống; chưng hửng, lúng túng (chancery, embarrassed, perplexed, sheepish, tongue), bị l m rối, bị l m hỏng, bị l m đảo lộn bối rối. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Disconcerted" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: disconverted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-d-d-e-e-i-n-o-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: codirected, considered, coresident, cornetcies, disconcert. | |
-3 letters: centroids, cicerones, codirects, conceders, conceited, concerted, concreted, concretes, crescendi, crescendo, croceines, dendrites, desertion, discerned, doctrines, erections, neoterics, occidents, recondite, rescinded, resection, secretion, sectioned, stridence. | |
-4 letters: censored, centroid, cicerone, cicorees, cindered, codeines, codirect, coedited, coerects, cointers, conceded, conceder, concedes, conceits, concerti, concerts, conciser, concrete, consider, cordites, corniced, cornices. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 63 6F 6E 63 65 72 74 65 64 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01100011 01101111 01101110 01100011 01100101 01110010 01110100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s c o n c e r t e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0063 006F 006E 0063 0065 0072 0074 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387585698180697184867170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, albán, albanese, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, arab, arabo, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarialainen, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, ceco, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, saksalainen, allemand, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italialainen, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Norwegian | norvegjez, نرويجى, النرويجية, النرويجى, اللغة النروجية, норвежка, норвежки език, норвежки, норвежец, norský, norjalainen, norvégien, Norweger, norvég, norvegese, norsk, norueguês, norvegianã, norvegian, норвежский, norvežanin, norveški jezik, norveški, noruego, norrman, norveçli, Norveçce, Norveçlí, norveççe, norveç, норвежці, норвезька мова, норвезький, норвежець, người Na-uy tiếng Na-uy | |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, román, rumeno, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", russisk, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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