disconcert
Make someone uneasy
To disconcert is to unsettle or disturb someone's composure, throwing them off balance mentally or emotionally.
A disconcerting remark catches you unprepared; a disconcerting stare makes you uneasy.
The word suggests disruption of someone's confidence or equilibrium rather than outright alarm: His casual tone disconcerted her more than anger would have.
Shaking sound maker
- unsettleCause unease or anxiety
- perturbTo disturb deeply
- flusterAgitated confusion
- discomposeTo disturb calm
disquiet · shake · unbalance · jolt · faze · agitate · disturb · destabilize
Cause acute discomfort
- mortifyCause severe embarrassment
- chagrinDistress from wounded pride
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- humiliateCause painful shame
fluster · ruffle · expose · awkwardness · self-conscious · red-faced · squirm · wince
rattle
Shaking sound maker
discompose · disquiet · shake · unbalance · jolt · faze · agitate · disturb · destabilize · wrong-foot
abash
Cause acute discomfort
- mortifyCause severe embarrassment
- chagrinDistress from wounded pride
- shamePainful awareness of failure
humiliate · fluster · ruffle · expose · awkwardness · self-conscious · red-faced · squirm · wince · blush
baffle
Confuse or perplex
mystify · flummox · befuddle · stump · dumbfound · confound · discombobulate · disorient · muddle · bemuse
startle
Frighten suddenly
spook · panic · scare · dismay · appall · jolt · jar · stagger · stupefy · horrify
- agitateagitate, stir, rouse, disturb, rile up
- mind gamesmind game, head game, head games, mind games, intimidation
- embarrassmentembarrassed, blush, humiliated, mortify, mortified
- stunstun, daze, shock, stupefy, stagger
disconcerting, disconcerted, disconcerts, disconcertment, disconcertion