disconcertverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˌdɪs.kənˈsɜːt/us/ˌdɪs.kənˈsɝːt/to make someone feel suddenly uncertain and worried:
The whole experience had disconcerted him.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- bite
- catch up with sb
- come back to bite sb idiom
- come back/home to roost idiom
- flap
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- give sb the jitters idiom
- gnaw
- harass
- haunt
- joke
- sweat
- tense
- troubling
- unnerve
- unsettling
- weigh
- weigh on sb/sth
- weigh sb down
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disconcerting
adjective uk/ˌdɪs.kənˈsɜː.tɪŋ/us/ˌdɪs.kənˈsɝː.t̬ɪŋ/
There was a disconcerting silence.
disconcertingly
adverb uk/ˌdɪs.kənˈsɜː.tɪŋ.li/us/ˌdɪs.kənˈsɝː.t̬ɪŋ.li/