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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
- She looked disconcerted by the discovery.
- Changing teachers in the middle of the semester was disconcerting.
- He flopped comfortably into the chair which had been disconcerting his father.John Knowles -- A Separate Peace
- The Savage obeyed with a disconcerting literalness.Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World
- It was disconcerting to say the least, but for some reason, she couldn't stop thinking about it.Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
- I put my question quickly and somewhat sternly, on purpose to disconcert him.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- If he persisted in talking of such subjects, she had a disconcerting habit of falling asleep.George Orwell -- 1984
- And then came that disconcerting ride.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby
- 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
- "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
- "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 - 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
- ...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
disconcerted = disturbed or unsettled
disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling
disconcerting = disturbing
disconcerting = disturbing
disconcerting = disturbing
disconcert = unsettle or disturb
disconcerting = disturbing
disconcerting = unsettling
disconcerted = unsettled or disturbed
disconcert = disturb or unsettle
disconcerted = disturbed
disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling
disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling
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
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