vverb.emotioncause to feel embarrassmentSynset:confuse disconcert flurry put off
Examples:- The constant attention of the young man confused her
Derivationally Related Form:disconcertiondisconcertmentconfusion
Hypernyms:abash embarrass
Inherited Hypernyms:confuseembarrassupsetarousemake
Direct Hyponyms:botherdeflectdistractfluster
Full Troponyms:botherdistractflusterruffle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: confuse) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: confuse, put off, disconcert, flurry) | The good news will --- her (apply to: confuse, flurry)
vverb.emotioncause to lose one's composureSynset:discomfit discompose disconcert untune upset
Derivationally Related Form:discomposuredisconcertiondiscomfitureupsetdisconcertment
Hypernyms:arouse elicit enkindle evoke fire kindle provoke raise
Inherited Hypernyms:upsetarousemake
Direct Hyponyms:abashafflictanguishbemusebewilderdiscombobulatedissolveembarrassenervatefazehurtinhibitpainthrowunnerveunsettle
Full Troponyms:afflictagonizebewilderbotherbreak someone's heartconfusedissolvedistractembarrassfazeflustergrieveinhibitpainrackruffletormenttribulatetryunman
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: upset, discompose, discomfit, disconcert)
adj satadj.allcausing an emotional disturbanceSynset:upsetting
Examples:- his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly - Herb Caen
- an upsetting experience
Antonyms:pleasing
Inherited Hypernyms:disconcerting
Similar to:displeasing