as in embarrassing
causing embarrassment
a disconcerting habit of chewing with his mouth open
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as in confusing
to throw into a state of self-conscious distress
we were disconcerted by the unexpected changes to the program
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Recent Examples of disconcerting
Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
Calculations on how many homeowners are at risk and how many are covered vary, but all are disconcerting.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
Russia was becoming more closed, and this was disconcerting for a generation that had grown up in a modernized and relatively open society.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
Calculations on how many homeowners are at risk and how many are covered vary, but all are disconcerting.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconcerting
Adjective
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Instead, the Knicks suffered one of their most embarrassing losses of the season, trailing by as many as 28, then making a furious third-quarter run to cut the deficit to as little as eight before the Spurs (29-39) ran away with a 120-105 victory at the Frost Bank Center on Wednesday.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Zuccarello admitted Saturday’s 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues was embarrassing.—
Joe Smith,
The Athletic,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Say something that might make some people uncomfortable but will deeply resonate with your ideal clients.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The program will include eight features and three short films that invite viewers to wrestle with complex — and at times, uncomfortable — questions about the world around them.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Historically an awkward public speaker, Johnson nevertheless saw the invitation as an opportunity to promote his plan for a voting rights bill.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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Things only get less interesting as that love triangles widens into an awkward kind of square, the chiaroscuro splendor of Soderbergh’s cinematography laboring to compensate for a murder-mystery that’s as scattered and impenetrable as Berlin itself.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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While no human-affecting viruses have been revived yet, the fact that ancient microbes can persist in a viable state raises a disturbing possibility: what else is hidden in the deep freeze, waiting to wake up?—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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The possibility of losing Miami Beach's only art house cinema is disturbing to Tabsch, a filmmaker whose 2018 documentary The Last Resort, was about Miami Beach's Jewish community in the 1970s.—
Mandalit del Barco,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This is notable, given that post-Covid brick and mortar shopping has generally become so unpleasant, it’s given rise to the need for a personal shopper.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Less a song than a gag, every individual element is unpleasant: single-entendre lyrics; vocals and synths that aren’t even in the same key; and the less said about Space Cowboy’s guest verse, the better.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In an era that would otherwise be dominated by the same handful of rich, powerful clubs, disruption — different names challenging for and winning the prizes — has never been more difficult or more important.—
Oliver Kay,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
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Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Disconcerting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconcerting. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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