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Disconcertion

Disconcertion \Dis`con*cer"tion\, n. The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation. [R.]
--State Trials (1794).

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disconcertion

n. Anxious embarrassment

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disconcertion

n. anxious embarrassment [syn: discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertment]

Usage examples of "disconcertion".

With a vibrantly amused smile at her disconcertion, Tariq strolled into a splendid green marble bathroom and shoul dered shut the door.

He sounded imper vious to pain, disconcertion, alarm, or any of the other emotions she carried on her tired back like succubi.

Waring, where he had doubtless thought to find Prince Victor alone, stopped short, betraying disconcertion in the way he instinctively assumed the stand of a soldier at attention, bringing his heels together with an undeniable click, straightening his shoulders, stiffening both arms to rigidity at his sides.