Both Uses of
disconcerting
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- How could she face her parents, get back her box, and disconcert the whole scheme for the rehabilitation of her family on such sentimental grounds?†
Chpt 1 *disconcert = disturb someone's composure (calmness and self-control)
- Next day the weather was bad, but she trudged on, the honesty, directness, and impartiality of elemental enmity disconcerting her but little.†
Chpt 5disconcerting = disturbing or unsettling
Definition:
disrupt composure -- such as to confuse or worry