Sample sentences for DISCONCERTING

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Definition

disrupt composure — such as to confuse or worry

It was disconcerting to realize the experts don't really understand what is going on either.

disconcerting = disturbing

disconcerted = disturbed or unsettled

disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling

He flopped comfortably into the chair which had been disconcerting his father.
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

disconcerting = disturbing

The Savage obeyed with a disconcerting literalness.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

disconcerting = disturbing

It was disconcerting to say the least, but for some reason, she couldn't stop thinking about it.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief

disconcerting = disturbing

I put my question quickly and somewhat sternly, on purpose to disconcert him.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

disconcert = unsettle or disturb

If he persisted in talking of such subjects, she had a disconcerting habit of falling asleep.
George Orwell -- 1984

disconcerting = disturbing

And then came that disconcerting ride.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

disconcerting = unsettling

I was exceedingly surprised on receiving so rude an answer from a stranger, and I was also disconcerted on perceiving the frowning and angry countenances of his companions.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

disconcerted = unsettled or disturbed

"I shall keep clear of you, Crawford, as long as I can," said Edmund; "for you would be more likely to disconcert me, and I should be more sorry to see you trying at it than almost any other man."
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park

disconcert = disturb or unsettle

  "But where are the others?"
  "They won't be fed by you to-day. They're either in the dressing-station or pushing up daisies."
  The cook was quite disconcerted as the facts dawned on him.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

disconcerted = disturbed

It was kind of disconcerting, because Poseidon listened so intently.
Rick Riordan -- The Battle of the Labyrinth

disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling

Michael held off the tears, curious, but quite ready to continue in case Dad's further revelation was as disconcerting as the original.
Ray Bradbury -- The Martian Chronicles

disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling

This change of note disconcerted Ebenezer;
Robert Louis Stevenson -- Kidnapped

disconcerted = disturbed or unsettled

... asked the middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted,
Franz Kafka -- Metamorphosis

disconcerted = disturbed or unsettled

K. was disconcerted to notice that he understood no more than fragments of what the Italian said.
Franz Kafka -- The Trial

disconcerted = disturbed or unsettled

...there came yet another chiming of the clock, and then were the same disconcert and tremulousness and meditation as before.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Masque of the Red Death

disconcert = nervousness (disruption of composure)

The new injury endowed the big oaf with a disconcerting lisp.
Carl Hiassen -- Hoot

disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling

At least it shadowed her eyes which are too large and can be disconcerting.
Jean Rhys -- Wide Sargasso Sea

disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling

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