All 4 Uses of
disconcerting
in
Hard Times
- Both rose, red and disconcerted.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- And she said it with such great condescension as well as with such great compassion for him, that Bounderby, — far more disconcerted than if she had thrown her workbox at the mirror, or swooned on the hearthrug, — corked up the smelling-salts tight in his pocket, and thought, 'Now confound this woman, who could have even guessed that she would take it in this way!'†
Chpt 1.16
- She was not afraid of him, or in any way disconcerted; she seemed to have her mind entirely preoccupied with the occasion of her visit, and to have substituted that consideration for herself.†
Chpt 3.2
- At last he said: 'So startling an announcement, so confidently made, and by such lips, is really disconcerting in the last degree.†
Chpt 3.2
Definition:
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(disconcerting) disrupt composure -- such as to confuse or worry