All 15 Uses of
disconcerting
in
War and Peace
- what a virulent attack!" replied the prince, not in the least disconcerted by this reception.†
Chpt 1disconcerted = disturbed or unsettled
- Pierre was still afraid that this officer might inadvertently say something disconcerting to himself.†
Chpt 1 *disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling
- It seemed to Pierre that even the prince was disconcerted.†
Chpt 3disconcerted = disturbed or unsettled
- The sight of the discomposure of that old man of the world touched Pierre: he looked at Helene and she too seemed disconcerted, and her look seemed to say: "Well, it is your own fault."†
Chpt 3
- Princess Mary really was disconcerted and red patches came on her face when they went in.†
Chpt 5
- Everything was right and everything was as it should be: only one thing disconcerted Prince Andrew.†
Chpt 6
- The count was so disconcerted by this long-foreseen inquiry that without consideration he gave the first reply that came into his head.†
Chpt 6
- In Natasha Prince Andrew was conscious of a strange world completely alien to him and brimful of joys unknown to him, a different world, that in the Otradnoe avenue and at the window that moonlight night had already begun to disconcert him.†
Chpt 6disconcert = disturb someone's composure (calmness and self-control)
- Now this world disconcerted him no longer and was no longer alien to him, but he himself having entered it found in it a new enjoyment.†
Chpt 6disconcerted = disturbed or unsettled
- Pierre seemed disconcerted and embarrassed.†
Chpt 6
- Nicholas replied that he could not go back on his word, and his father, sighing and evidently disconcerted, very soon became silent and went in to the countess.†
Chpt 7
- Dron was disconcerted, glanced furtively at Alpatych and again lowered his eyes.†
Chpt 10
- The countess glanced at her daughter, saw her face full of shame for her mother, saw her agitation, and understood why her husband did not turn to look at her now, and she glanced round quite disconcerted.†
Chpt 11
- The absence of citizens and of a deputation, and even the burning of Moscow, did not disconcert him.†
Chpt 13disconcert = disturb someone's composure (calmness and self-control)
- Natasha would have had no doubt as to the greatness of Pierre's idea, but one thing disconcerted her.†
Chpt 15disconcerted = disturbed or unsettled
Definition:
disrupt composure -- such as to confuse or worry