All 4 Uses
disconcerting
in
Howards End
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- Imagine how disconcerting for Helen!†
Part 2 *disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling
- Helen began some laughing reply, and then disconcerted them all by blushing.†
Part 7disconcerted = disturbed or unsettled
- Mrs. Munt was so disconcerted that she exclaimed, "What, Helen, you don't mind them coming, do you?" and deepened the blush to crimson.†
Part 7
- Helen disconcerted him by turning the conversation to his wife.†
Part 27
Definitions:
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(1)
(disconcerting) disrupt composure -- such as to confuse or worry
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)