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disconcerted, ppl. a.|dɪskənˈsɜːtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Disturbed from self-possession; put to confusion; ruffled; ‘put out’. Hence disconˈcertedly adv.; disconˈcertedness, the state of being put out.
1723Blackmore Hist. Conspiracy B ij a, The Government was more disconcerted and embroil'd. 1752A. Murphy in Gray's-Inn Jrnl. No. 6 ⁋8 Florio has an uneasy disconcerted Temper. 1752Miss Talbot Lett. (1809) II. 80 It is very foolish to look disconcerted in the way I have seen you do..Whence is this disconcertedness? 1847Dickens Haunted Man (C.D. ed.) 210 Mr. Williams, standing behind the table, and rummaging disconcertedly among the objects upon it. 1878Browning Poets Croisic Epil. 8 Our singer For his truant string Feels with disconcerted finger. |