disconcerting en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌdɪskənˈsɝtɪŋ/ (General-American)
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Etymology
Etymology tree English disconcert Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English disconcerting From disconcert + -ing.
Meanings
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Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm.
Even with a safety harness, losing one's grip that high up is disconcerting.
"You must admit," he remarked, "that up to now our conversation has hardly proceeded along conventional lines. I am a complete stranger to you; another man who is a complete stranger to me speaks to you while we're at tea. You inform me that I shall probably have to kill him in the near future. The statement is, I think you will agree, a trifle disconcerting."
1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most disconcerting | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more disconcerting | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
disconcertingness · disconcertingly
Synonyms
unsettling · upsetting · troubling
Translations (22)
fi hämmentävä (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · sa विक्षोभकारत्व (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · da bekymrende (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · fr troublant (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · it sconvolgente (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · de befremdlich (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · it sconcertante (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · da foruroligende (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · it disorientante (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · hi विक्षोभकारिता (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · de unangenehm (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · es desconcertante (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · fi kiusallinen (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · fi huolestuttava (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · ca desconcertant (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · nb urovekkende (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · nl verontrustend (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · de beunruhigend (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · nl zorgwekkend (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · pt desconcertante (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · hu nyugtalanító (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting) · sv oroväckande (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting)