All 4 Uses of
disconcerting
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Mr. Lorry was so exceedingly disconcerted by a question so hard to answer, that he could only look on, at a distance, with much feebler sympathy and humility, while the strong woman, having banished the inn servants under the mysterious penalty of "letting them know" something not mentioned if they stayed there, staring, recovered her charge by a regular series of gradations, and coaxed her to lay her drooping head upon her shoulder.†
Chpt 1.4
- "Really, Mr. Carton," returned the other, oddly disconcerted, "I have not asked myself the question."†
Chpt 2.4 *
- It was additionally disconcerting to have madame knitting all the way there, in a public conveyance; it was additionally disconcerting yet, to have madame in the crowd in the afternoon, still with her knitting in her hands as the crowd waited to see the carriage of the King and Queen.†
Chpt 2.15
- It was additionally disconcerting to have madame knitting all the way there, in a public conveyance; it was additionally disconcerting yet, to have madame in the crowd in the afternoon, still with her knitting in her hands as the crowd waited to see the carriage of the King and Queen.†
Chpt 2.15
Definition:
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(disconcerting) disrupt composure -- such as to confuse or worry