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disconcerted

/dis-kuhn-sur-tid/US // ˌdɪs kənˈsɜr tɪd //UK // (ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪd) //

惊慌失措,惊慌失措的,仓皇失措,心乱如麻

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : disturbed, as in one's composure or self-possession; perturbed; ruffled: She was disconcerted by the sudden attack on her integrity.
    • : bewildered or confused, as by something unexpected: The class was disconcerted by the instructor's confusion.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.confused; shaken

Examples

  • The change, so audacious, so unorthodox, disconcerted the Costa Ricans.

  • She still feels faintly disconcerted when people come up to her to praise her books.

  • He was much disconcerted, and did not materially mend the matter by saying it was the first name that came into his head.

  • His flow of speech is incessant; he seems not a whit disconcerted by my evident disinclination to talk.

  • Just as the troop trotted past an incident occurred which disconcerted the hiders not a little.

  • Gilet had previously become disconcerted by the presence of the grain-dealer on the field of battle.

  • These vigorous measures disconcerted all the calculations of the Dutch monarch and of his partizans.