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Definition of Disconcerting
1. Adjective. Causing an emotional disturbance. "An upsetting experience"
Definition of Disconcerting
1. Adjective. Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disconcerting
1. disconcert [v] - See also: disconcert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disconcerting
Literary usage of Disconcerting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to by Gouverneur Morris (1888)
"Treaty with France. Letter to Hamilton. Letter to James Leray. Jefferson elected
President. Disconcerting proposition from Lafayette in regard to a loan. ..."
2. The Life of William Wilberforce by Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce (1838)
"He was distinctly heard to the utmost limits of the crowd, and interrupted only
by an express from Mr. Pitt, which without disconcerting him, enabled him ..."
3. History of the Wars of the French Revolution ...: Comprehending the Civil by Edward Baines (1855)
"Watch over the inferior agents with more strictness, and you will have produced
the double effect of disconcerting the foreign enemy, and of strengthening ..."
4. A History of England: From the First Invasion by the Romans by John Lindgard (1827)
"... by superior numbers, continued daily to repeat his attacks, destroying their
works, beating up their quarters, and disconcerting their operations. ..."
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