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View usage for: (dɪskənsɜːʳtɪŋ) adjectiveIf you say that something is disconcerting, you mean that it makes you feel anxious, confused, or embarrassed. The reception desk is not at street level, which is a little disconcerting. Synonyms: disturbing, upsetting, alarming, confusing More Synonyms of disconcerting disconcertingly adverb She looks disconcertingly like a familiar aunt or grandmother. At times she could be almost disconcertingly absent-minded. disconcerting in British English (ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ) adjectivecausing a feeling of disturbance, embarrassment, or confusion; perturbing; worrying Derived forms disconcertingly (ˌdisconˈcertingly) adverb Examples of 'disconcerting' in a sentencedisconcerting In other languagesdisconcerting British English: disconcerting ADJECTIVE If you say that something is disconcerting, you mean that it makes you feel anxious, confused, or embarrassed. The reception desk is not at street level, which is a little disconcerting. - American English: disconcerting
- Brazilian Portuguese: desconcertante
- Chinese: 令人不安的
- European Spanish: desconcertante
- French: déroutant
- German: beunruhigend
- Italian: sconcertante
- Japanese: まごつかせる
- Korean: 당황케하는
- European Portuguese: desconcertante
- Latin American Spanish: desconcertante
He has a disconcerting habit of staring at you when he talks to you. Synonyms upsetting dismaying bothersome Additional synonymsThe disease has spread at an alarming rate. Synonyms frightening, shocking, scaring, disturbing, distressing, terrifying, appalling, startling, dreadful, horrifying, menacing, intimidating, dismaying, scary (informal), fearful, daunting, fearsome, unnerving, hair-raising, bloodcurdling Definition embarrassing There was an awkward moment when people had to decide where to stand. Synonyms embarrassing, difficult, compromising, sensitive, embarrassed, painful, distressing, delicate, uncomfortable, tricky, trying, humiliating, unpleasant, sticky (informal), troublesome, perplexing, disconcerting, inconvenient, thorny, untimely, ill at ease, discomfiting, ticklish, inopportune, toe-curling (slang), barro (Australian, slang), cringeworthy (British, informal), cringe-making (British, informal) I was constantly ill, with a baffling array of symptoms. Synonyms puzzling, strange, confusing, weird, mysterious, unclear, bewildering, elusive, enigmatic, perplexing, incomprehensible, mystifying, inexplicable, unaccountable, unfathomable |