disconcerting

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪskənˈsɝtɪŋ/
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Adjective

disconcerting (comparative more disconcerting, superlative most disconcerting)

Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm.
Synonyms: unsettling, troubling, upsetting

Even with a safety harness, losing one's grip that high up is disconcerting.
- 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:
  "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."

Translations

tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting

Catalan: desconcertant
Dutch: verontrustend (nl), zorgwekkend (nl)
French: troublant (fr) m
German: beunruhigend (de), unangenehm (de), befremdlich (de)

Hungarian: nyugtalanító (hu)
Italian: sconcertante (it), sconvolgente (it)
Portuguese: desconcertante (pt)

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