All disconcert synonyms

verb disconcert

• shake up — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
• discomfit — to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
• disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
• unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
• perplex — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
• bewilder — If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
• discombobulate — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
• puzzle — a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
• perturb — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
• agitate — If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• baffle — If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
• confound — If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
• demoralize — If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• discompose — to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
• discountenance — to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
• ruffle — to beat (a drum) in this manner.
• faze — to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.
• nonplus — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• unbalance — to throw or put out of balance.
• undo — to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
• rattle — to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
• abash — to cause to feel ill at ease, embarrassed, or confused; make ashamed
• disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
• fluster — to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• bug — A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
• worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• unnerve — to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset: Fear unnerved him.
• throw — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
• demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
• baulk — the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion
• foul up — something that is foul.
• put off — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• get to — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• psych out — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
• take aback — to astonish or disconcert