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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
- Changing teachers in the middle of the semester was disconcerting.
- She looked disconcerted by the revelation.
- It was kind of disconcerting, because Poseidon listened so intently.Rick Riordan -- The Battle of the Labyrinth
- 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
- This change of note disconcerted Ebenezer;Robert Louis Stevenson -- Kidnapped
- ... asked the middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted,Franz Kafka -- Metamorphosis
- K. was disconcerted to notice that he understood no more than fragments of what the Italian said.Franz Kafka -- The Trial
- She is quite disconcerted.Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front
- ...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
- The new injury endowed the big oaf with a disconcerting lisp.Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
- At least it shadowed her eyes which are too large and can be disconcerting.Jean Rhys -- Wide Sargasso Sea
- We asked Colton about Satan a couple of times after that, but then gave up because whenever we did, his reaction was a little disconcerting: it was as if he changed instantly from a sunny little kid to someone who ran to a safe room, bolted the door, locked the windows, and pulled down the blinds.Todd Burpo -- Heaven Is for Real
- I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter.Beverly Sills
- He had been riding hard to escape from disconcerting thoughts.Oppenheim, E. Phillips -- The Malefactor
- She looked at me in rather a disconcerting manner.Christie, Agatha -- The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- Evelina's mother sometimes took a mischievous pleasure in disconcerting her daughter.de Balzac, Honore -- The Country Doctor
- his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly
- But on Tuesday morning a rumor that was disconcerting came to Daylight's ears.London, Jack -- Burning Daylight
- So startling an announcement, so confidently made, and by such lips, is really disconcerting in the last degree.Dickens, Charles -- Hard Times
disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling
disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling
disconcerted = disturbed or unsettled
disconcerted = disturbed or unsettled
disconcerted = disturbed or unsettled
disconcerted = disturbed or unsettled
disconcert = nervousness (disruption of composure)
disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling
disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling
disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling