Disconcerting

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, v. t. [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.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of;
        to discompose; to abash.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  disconcerting \disconcerting\ adj.
     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
       adj : 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