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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disconcert \Dis'con*cert"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Disconcerted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconcerting}.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F. d['e]concerter.]
1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.
2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.
The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do. --Thackeray.
Syn: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
disconcerting \disconcerting\ adjective hard to deal with; causing uncertainty or confusion about how to act or react.
Syn: awkward, embarrassing, off-putting, sticky, tight, unenviable. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disconcerting
adjective: causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience" [syn: {upsetting}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "disconcerting": alarming, awing, awkward, baffling, bewildering, bothering, chilling, confounding, confusing, crushing, daunting, defeating, deterrent, deterring, discomposing, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, disquieting, distracting, disturbing, embarrassing, enigmatic, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearsome, frightening, frightful, frustrating, humiliating, intricate, mortifying, mysterious, mystifying, overawing, perplexing, perturbing, problematic, puzzling, scaring, scary, startling, unsettling, upsetting
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