disconcert

[US]/ˌdɪskən'sɜːt/
[UK]/'dɪskən'sɝt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. kushambua, kushindwa, kushambua, kushindwa.
Word Forms
Present Participledisconcerting
Past Tensedisconcerted
Third Person Singulardisconcerts
Past Participledisconcerted

Phrases & Collocations

feel disconcerted

kufikia kusukuma

slightly disconcerting

kisukuma kifupi

disconcerting news

taarifa zinazosukuma

disconcerting behavior

mashambulio ya kusukuma

Example Sentences

be disconcerted by a sudden attack

kutambua na matakatifu ya mchana

a brief disconcert of the whole gay company

mchezo mchovu wa jamaa yote ya michezo.

Bright light disconcerted her.

Moyo mpya alitambua yeye.

the abrupt change of subject disconcerted her.

badilikaji ya papo hapo ya mada ilimwondoa amani.

with disconcerting formality the brothers shook hands.

akiwa na heshima ya kushangaza, ndugu wakakutanikana.

gazing into her face with disconcerting intensity.

akichungulia mweo wake kwa mkali usio kawaida.

Forgetting his speech disconcerted the speaker.

Kutafuta mazungu yake alitambua mzungu.

is disconcerted by sarcastic remarks;

hutambua na mazungu ya mchana;

he had a disconcerting habit of offering jobs to people he met at dinner parties.

alikuwa na tabia ya kushangaza ya kuwapa kazi watu alio kukutana nao katika vyama vya chakula cha jioni.

The young madam was disconcerted to discover that she was being watched.

Bibi mdogo alishangazwa kugundua kwamba alikuwa akitazamwa.

The two women looked on without uttering a word, without a gesture, without a look which could disconcert the Bishop.

Wanawake wawili walipita bila kusema kosa, bila maelekeo, bila maelekeo ambayo inaweza kushindilia Mbinga.

It does not become disconcerted, but adjusts to its divine work the man who has bestridden the Alps, and the good old tottering invalid of Father Elysee.

Hakutambua, lakini inajua kujua kazi yake ya mbinguni kwa mtu ambaye amepita mlima ya Alps na mtu mkuu mchuma mwenye ujumbe wa Baba Elysee.

addle, badger, bait, bemused, beset, circumvent, confound, derange, discombobulated, discomfit, disconcert, disquiet, distraught, faze, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, perturb.

addle, badger, bait, bemused, beset, circumvent, confound, derange, discombobulated, discomfit, disconcert, disquiet, distraught, faze, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, perturb.

Real-world Examples

Even Xue found that a bit disconcerting.

Hata Xue alipata mshindi mwenyewe.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds - Scientific American December 2021 Collection

Poor Stroeve gave me a troubled look, but I was not disconcerted by so little.

Stroeve mwenyewe alifanya mshindi mwenyewe, lakini mimi sio mshindi na mshindi hivyo.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

The inquiry, though a simple one, was plainly disconcerting, and he sat down before replying.

Tazama, ambayo ni mshindi mwenyewe, alipata mshindi mwenyewe, na alisikia kwa mshindi mwenyewe.

Source: Returning Home

And it was just that which had most disconcerted me in my dealings with him.

Na hivyo alipata mshindi mwenyewe kwa mshindi mwenyewe na mimi.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

" About what" ? he asked, so innocently that Wolf Larsen was disconcerted, while the others smiled.

"Kwa nini?" alitanya, kwa mshindi mwenyewe hivyo Wolf Larsen alipata mshindi mwenyewe, na wengine walimwagilia.

Source: Sea Wolf (Part Two)

" I—what? " said Harry, disconcerted. " You mean the Minister of Magic? "

"N-ni nini?" alisema Harry, mshindi mwenyewe. "Uumea mwenyewe wa Magia?"

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

He had a disconcerting habit of seeing through her and laughing rudely.

Alipata mshindi mwenyewe ya kujua kwa mshindi mwenyewe na kumwagilia mshindi mwenyewe.

Source: Gone with the Wind

She looked around at all the faces upturned to her, rather disconcerted.

Alikwepa kwa mshindi mwenyewe kwa mshindi mwenyewe, mshindi mwenyewe.

Source: 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

It disconcerted me, but I did my best not to show it.

Alipata mshindi mwenyewe, lakini nilifanya mshindi mwenyewe kwa mshindi mwenyewe.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

“No—I—of course not, ” said Harry, disconcerted by this sudden change of subject.

"Hapana—I—hakuna, " alisema Harry, mshindi mwenyewe kwa mshindi mwenyewe ya mshindi mwenyewe.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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