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castigate, correct, penalize, reprove, criticize, reprimand,<br />

rebuke: Discipline that boy or he will just do it again.<br />

disclose v. 1 reveal, impart, divulge, betray, release, tell, blurt out,<br />

blab, leak, let slip, report, inform, Colloq spill the beans,<br />

blow the gaff, Slang squeal, snitch, squeak, rat, peach, US<br />

fink: To get a shorter sentence, he disclosed all to the<br />

police. 2 bare, reveal, expose, uncover, show, unveil: When<br />

the pie was opened, twenty-four blackbirds were disclosed.<br />

discomfit v. 1 embarrass, abash, disconcert, disturb, confuse, make<br />

uneasy or uncomfortable, discompose, fluster, ruffle, confound,<br />

perturb, upset, worry, unsettle, unnerve, Colloq rattle, US<br />

faze, discombobulate: Being short, she was discomfited by<br />

references to her height. 2 frustrate, foil, thwart, baffle,<br />

check, defeat, trump, outdo, outwit, overcome: Discomfited by<br />

her violent reaction, her attacker fled.<br />

discomfort<br />

n. 1 uneasiness, hardship, difficulty, trouble, care, worry,<br />

distress, vexation: She hasn't known the discomfort of being<br />

the wife of a miner. 2 ache, pain, twinge, soreness,<br />

irritation; bother, inconvenience, nuisance: Some discomfort<br />

persisted in my legs long after the accident.<br />

disconcerted<br />

adj. discomposed, discomfited, ruffled, uneasy, put out or off,<br />

uncomfortable, queasy, flustered, agitated, upset, shaken,<br />

unsettled, perturbed, confused, bewildered, perplexed, baffled,<br />

puzzled, US thrown off, Colloq rattled, US fazed,<br />

discombobulated; Slang (all) shook (up): They were really<br />

disconcerted by the arrival of the police.<br />

disconcerting<br />

adj. awkward, discomfiting, off-putting, upsetting, unnerving,<br />

unsettling, disturbing, confusing, confounding, bewildering,<br />

perplexing, baffling, puzzling: I found his persistence quite<br />

disconcerting.<br />

disconnect<br />

v. separate, disjoin, disunite, uncouple, detach, unhook, undo,<br />

disengage, unhitch; cut or break off; cut or pull apart, part,<br />

divide, sever: They disconnected the engine after pushing the

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