disconcert
31Rattle — disconcert or confuse (a person) …
32put someone off their stroke — disconcert someone so that they make a mistake or hesitate. → stroke …
33disconcerted — disconcert ► VERB ▪ disturb the composure of. DERIVATIVES disconcerted adjective disconcerting adjective. ORIGIN obsolete French desconcerter, from concerter bring together …
34disconcerting — disconcert ► VERB ▪ disturb the composure of. DERIVATIVES disconcerted adjective disconcerting adjective. ORIGIN obsolete French desconcerter, from concerter bring together …
35confuse — confusable, adj. confusability, n. confusably, adv. confusedly /keuhn fyooh zid lee, fyoohzd /, adv. confusedness, n. /keuhn fyoohz /, v.t., confused, confusing. 1. to pe …
36discomfit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. embarrass, disconcert; frustrate; confuse. See hindrance, success. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To defeat the plans of] Syn. thwart, frustrate, foil; see prevent . 2. [To confuse] Syn. disconcert,… …
37embarrass — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. discomfort, demoralize, disconcert, discomfit, nonplus, bother, abash, encumber, trouble, hamper, complicate, perplex. See difficulty, hindrance, discontent. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To upset… …
38faze — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. deter, daunt, ruffle; disconcert, bother, rattle, hold back, interfere with. See hindrance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. disturb, disconcert, fluster, daunt; see disturb 2 , embarrass 1 . See Synonym… …
39embarrass — embarrass, discomfit, abash, disconcert, rattle, faze mean to balk by confusing or confounding, but each word is capable of expressing precise and distinctive shades of meaning. Embarrass characteristically implies some influence which impedes… …
40Embarrass — Em*bar rass ([e^]m*b[a^]r ras), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embarrassed} ([e^]m*b[a^]r rast); p. pr. & vb. n. {Embarrassing}.] [F. embarrasser (cf. Sp. embarazar, Pg. embara[,c]ar, Pr. barras bar); pref. em (L. in) + LL. barra bar. See {Bar}.] 1. To… …
