disconcerting
adjective
disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
disconcertingly
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a word derived from
disconcerting.
Example Sentences
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Salieri is malicious and conniving, which Bettany disconcertingly says was very easy to embody.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Energy prices overall will sustain inflationary pressures, Lacalle warns, including, most disconcertingly, in food prices.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
Ms. Burke is making her seventh appearance in one of Mr. Lindsay-Abaire’s plays, and as always gives a feisty and wry performance as the semi-addled but sometimes disconcertingly sharp Penny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Dot’s saga is a fantasy, a fiction written in chapters by Hawley and others, but that outcome feels disconcertingly truthful.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2024
Headmaster Clarkson got onstage and stared down the student body until the auditorium grew disconcertingly silent.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
