Both Uses
disconcerting
in
The Masque of the Red Death
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- and there was a brief disconcert of the whole gay company;†
disconcert = disturb someone's composure (calmness and self-control)
- ...there came yet another chiming of the clock, and then were the same disconcert and tremulousness and meditation as before.
*disconcert = nervousness (disruption of composure)
Definitions:
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(1)
(disconcerting) disrupt composure -- such as to confuse or worry
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)