Definitions for disconcerting

disconcerting dis·con·cert·ing

Spelling: [dis-kuh n-sur-ting]
IPA: /ˌdɪs kənˈsɜr tɪŋ/

Disconcerting is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 1490 anagrams from letters in disconcerting (ccdegiinnorst).

Definitions for disconcerting

adjective

  1. disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
  2. confusing, usually in the face of something totally unexpected; perplexing.

verb (used with object)

  1. to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle:
  2. to throw into disorder or confusion; disarrange:

Origin of disconcerting

From the obsolete French word disconcerter, dating back to 1680-90. See dis-1, concert

Examples for disconcerting

Esther did not seem to him a disturbing force, only a disconcerting one.

Most disconcerting of all was the sense that this perilous post-election limbo was so very un-American.

Frida is a colossal woman, in girth and stature, and she becomes the dark star at the center of this disconcerting debut.

Really, Aline, you have a trick of asking the most disconcerting and improper questions.

"I advise you to do so, monsieur," was the disconcerting reply.

But some of the Kurds maintain a disconcerting confidence—one now strengthened by the U.S. airstrikes.

The transition is disconcerting since there are no other cuts of this sort in the picture.

This was disconcerting, but she could not drive out the feeling.

The first time I got accused of being a “neo-Nazi” it was shocking and disconcerting.

The fact that Luga was with the rebels gave rise to disconcerting gossip.

Word Value for disconcerting
Scrable

19

Words with friends

24

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