Disconcerting
[ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ] or [ˌdɪskənˈsɜːrtɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) causing an emotional disturbance; 'his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly'- Herb Caen; 'an upsetting experience' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disconcert
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Examples
- If that did not happen, and if the belt was made taut suddenly, the armature burned out--which it did with disconcerting frequency. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At last he said: 'So startling an announcement, so confidently made, and by such lips, is really disconcerting in the last degree. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Riviere took this onslaught with a disconcerting humility. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The inquiry, though a simple one, was plainly disconcerting, and he sat down before replying. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was a disconcerting lift of the curtain, and the mortification of Candaules' wife glowed in her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But I suppose, my dear,' hinted the cherub, as he folded the letter after a disconcerting silence, 'that we must make the best of it? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Perhaps that is the reason why Arnold Bennett's description of the siege of Paris in The Old Wives' Tale is so disconcerting to many people. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Ideas, most of the time, cause them genuine distress, and are as disconcerting as an idle office boy, or a squeaky telephone. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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