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词汇 disconcerting
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Definition of disconcerting in English:

disconcerting

adjective ˌdɪskənˈsəːtɪŋˌdɪskənˈsərdɪŋ
  • Causing one to feel unsettled.

    令人不安的

    he had a disconcerting habit of offering jobs to people he met at dinner parties

    他有个令人不安的习惯,就是会把工作许给宴会上认识的人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I do feel qualified to offer a personal view of some disconcerting aspects of how politicians and big business conspire to run the show.
    • It is a disconcerting thought, given how much is at stake.
    • And undoubtedly, their mysterious, indefinable quality is the source of their disconcerting power.
    • The division between the first and the second half is marked by a disconcerting jolt in the flow of the film, and the ambiguous ending may infuriate.
    • Don't you find it disconcerting when you have someone literally five centimetres from your face, peering into your eyes with a torch?
    • Although inaccurate it proved very disconcerting to the whole community.
    • But he tends to leave an impression of intellectual dishonesty, a disconcerting lack of sincerity.
    • It's very disconcerting - a kind of fizzing ache that starts around mid-thigh and gets worse going down towards my feet.
    • Molly, a servant, had the disconcerting habit of periodically dropping on her knees for a quick prayer.
    • Her paintings are all from an aerial viewpoint - as a viewer you look down on a washed, subtly disconcerting landscape.
    • There are a number of disconcerting issues apparent in this undertaking.
    • With a disconcerting habit of coming on stage dressed in a red Lycra superhero costume, he seems to set the tone for the rest of the night.
    • He has a disconcerting habit of talking very seriously and then suddenly withdrawing.
    • Equally disconcerting is the increase in unrelated transplants in the last two years and the pressure it has put on women.
    • More disconcerting are the targets for reducing undiagnosed HIV.
    • That might have been crass, but the film is peppered with jarring references and disconcerting parallels to current events.
    • What was disconcerting was how various its subspecies were.
    • Hair growing where it never grew before is a disconcerting experience.
    • To someone who has always been completely in control, or tried to be, this was, and still is, very disconcerting.
    • People say that he doesn't smile much, but he has a throaty chuckle and the disconcerting habit of laughing when he is cross.
    Synonyms
    unsettling, unnerving, discomfiting, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, upsetting, worrying, concerning, alarming, embarrassing, awkward, bothersome, distracting
    confusing, bewildering, perplexing
    informal off-putting, anxious-making

Derivatives

  • disconcertingly

  • adverb dɪskənˈsəːtɪŋliˌdɪskənˈsərdɪŋli
    • Against the starched-apron white of her face, the row of little, uneven teeth looked disconcertingly yellow - but by now even this seemed alluring.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My sense of smell suddenly and disconcertingly became acute during the early stages of my second pregnancy and hasn't diminished since.
      • And most disconcertingly, exposure to television, these days, is transfiguring into exposure to visuals of violence.
      • Reading his book over a century later, in an age that has sentimentalised illness and therapy, his remarks sound disconcertingly moderate.
      • But the consequences are disconcertingly similar.

Rhymes

shirting, skirting

Definition of disconcerting in US English:

disconcerting

adjectiveˌdɪskənˈsərdɪŋˌdiskənˈsərdiNG
  • Causing one to feel unsettled.

    令人不安的

    he had a disconcerting habit of offering jobs to people he met at dinner parties

    他有个令人不安的习惯,就是会把工作许给宴会上认识的人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The division between the first and the second half is marked by a disconcerting jolt in the flow of the film, and the ambiguous ending may infuriate.
    • Molly, a servant, had the disconcerting habit of periodically dropping on her knees for a quick prayer.
    • People say that he doesn't smile much, but he has a throaty chuckle and the disconcerting habit of laughing when he is cross.
    • There are a number of disconcerting issues apparent in this undertaking.
    • More disconcerting are the targets for reducing undiagnosed HIV.
    • That might have been crass, but the film is peppered with jarring references and disconcerting parallels to current events.
    • But he tends to leave an impression of intellectual dishonesty, a disconcerting lack of sincerity.
    • It's very disconcerting - a kind of fizzing ache that starts around mid-thigh and gets worse going down towards my feet.
    • And undoubtedly, their mysterious, indefinable quality is the source of their disconcerting power.
    • Hair growing where it never grew before is a disconcerting experience.
    • It is a disconcerting thought, given how much is at stake.
    • Although inaccurate it proved very disconcerting to the whole community.
    • Don't you find it disconcerting when you have someone literally five centimetres from your face, peering into your eyes with a torch?
    • To someone who has always been completely in control, or tried to be, this was, and still is, very disconcerting.
    • With a disconcerting habit of coming on stage dressed in a red Lycra superhero costume, he seems to set the tone for the rest of the night.
    • What was disconcerting was how various its subspecies were.
    • Her paintings are all from an aerial viewpoint - as a viewer you look down on a washed, subtly disconcerting landscape.
    • I do feel qualified to offer a personal view of some disconcerting aspects of how politicians and big business conspire to run the show.
    • Equally disconcerting is the increase in unrelated transplants in the last two years and the pressure it has put on women.
    • He has a disconcerting habit of talking very seriously and then suddenly withdrawing.
    Synonyms
    unsettling, unnerving, discomfiting, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, upsetting, worrying, concerning, alarming, embarrassing, awkward, bothersome, distracting
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