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Synonyms for disconcertion

  • noun

Most common

confusion embarrassment perturbation discomfiture

All synonyms

Noun

discomfiture, confusion, embarrassment, perturbation, perplexity, bafflement, discomposure, disconcertment

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Anxious embarrassment

Example sentences

  • confusion He disappeared, taking advantage of the confusion.
  • embarrassment Laïcité is an embarrassment to the secular world.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
disconcertionsteady
confusionsteady
embarrassmentrising
perturbationfalling
discomfituresteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

9 letters
confusion3
10 letters
perplexity4, bafflement
12 letters
perturbation4, discomfiture, discomposure
13 letters
embarrassment4
14 letters
disconcertment

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (confusion3 = 3 syllables).