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
Amid the uncertainty, some public health experts suggest, the public conversation about H5N1 has become disconcertingly contradictory.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2024
Will looked up at the face of this man who had so much that he wanted even more, and found him disconcertingly smooth and calm and powerful, not in the least guilty or ashamed.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
