disconcerting

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adjective

dis·​con·​cert·​ing ˌdis-kən-ˈsər-tiŋ 

: causing feelings of worry, concern, or anxiety : disturbing, unsettling

The question she, like everyone else, really wants answered, of course, is whether anyone has actually gone blind as a result of LASIK. And the rather disconcerting answer is that no one seems to know …

—Vogue

There is nothing quite so disconcerting at breakfast as having a proper soft cooked egg arrive at table improperly cold.

—Gourmet

In 2005 Edinburgh Zoo issued a public notice after several panicked Scots reported seeing a spider called a false widow, which has a disconcerting behavior of rushing toward people who approach it.

—Eben Harrell

disconcertingly adverb

disconcerting

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present participle of disconcert

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

from present participle of disconcert

First Known Use

Adjective

1761, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for disconcerting

• controverting
• reasserting
• adverting
• alerting
• asserting
• averting
• converting
• diverting
• exerting
• inserting
• inverting
• perverting