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

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

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

She is quite disconcerted.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

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

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

disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling

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

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