disconcerting

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
24
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ/
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/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ/ · /ˌdɪskənˈsɝtɪŋ/

Definition of disconcerting

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm.
    “Even with a safety harness, losing one's grip that high up is disconcerting.”
    “"You must admit," he remarked, "that up to now our conversation has hardly proceeded along conventional lines. I am a complete stranger to you; another man who is a complete stranger to me speaks to you while we're at tea. You inform me that I shall probably have to kill him in the near future. The statement is, I think you will agree, a trifle disconcerting."”

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Etymology

From disconcert + -ing.

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