Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb disconcert

2 senses of disconcert

Sense 1
confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off -- (cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her")
       => embarrass, abash -- (cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious)

Sense 2
upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit -- (cause to lose one's composure)
       => arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke -- (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy")

Antonyms of adj disconcerted

1 sense of disconcerted

Sense 1
discombobulated, disconcerted -- (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)

INDIRECT (VIA discomposed) -> composed -- (serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time")

Similarity of adj disconcerted

1 sense of disconcerted

Sense 1
discombobulated, disconcerted -- (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)
       => discomposed (vs. composed) -- (having your composure disturbed; "looked about with a wandering and discomposed air")

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