disconcerts
Causes sudden unease
Disconcerts is the third-person singular of disconcert, meaning to unsettle or throw off balance.
Something that disconcerts you disturbs your composure or disrupts your expectations: Her directness disconcerts people who expect small talk.
The effect is usually temporary confusion rather than lasting distress.
Causes disquiet or unease
- disturbsCauses unease or interruption
- perturbsDisturbs or unsettles
- rattlesDisturbs or clatters
- disquietsCauses mental unease
unbalances · jars · shakes · flusters · throws · fazed · agitates · ruffles
Shocks with surprise
- joltsSudden sharp shocks
- shocksSurprises or disturbs greatly
- stunsOverwhelms with shock
- takes abackShocks or surprises suddenly
staggers · blindsides · flabbergasts · astonishes · dumbfounds · floors · bowls over · gobsmacks
Causes thorough confusion
- bafflesPerplexes or confuses deeply
- perplexesCauses mental confusion
- puzzlesProblems designed to challenge
- befuddlesCauses mental confusion
confounds · mystifies · muddles · flummoxes · disorients · nonplusses · stumps · throws off
unsettles
Causes disquiet or unease
disquiets · unbalances · jars · shakes · flusters · throws · fazed · agitates · ruffles · destabilizes
startles
Shocks with surprise
takes aback · staggers · blindsides · flabbergasts · astonishes · dumbfounds · floors · bowls over · gobsmacks
bewilders
Causes thorough confusion
- bafflesPerplexes or confuses deeply
- perplexesCauses mental confusion
- puzzlesProblems designed to challenge
befuddles · confounds · mystifies · muddles · flummoxes · disorients · nonplusses · stumps · throws off · foxes
mortifies
Causes severe embarrassment
- abashesCauses social discomfort
- humiliatesCauses painful embarrassment
- chagrinsCauses humiliated disappointment
shames · flusters · withers · cringes · awkward · self-conscious · red-faced