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disconcerting Definition


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disconcert
verb
    disconcerted, disconcerting
    1. To make someone feel anxious or uneasy; to fluster them.
      Thesaurus: upset, worry, unsettle, embarrass, perplex, confuse, disturb, nonplus, bewilder, rattle.
Derivative: disconcerting
adj
    Causing anxiety or unease.
      Thesaurus: alarming, bewildering, dismaying, distracting, disturbing, off-putting, awkward, embarrassing, upsetting, confusing, perplexing, baffling.
Etymology: 17c: from obsolete French disconcerter.



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