"disconcerting" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌdɪskənˈsɝtɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-disconcerting.ogg [US] Forms: more disconcerting [comparative], most disconcerting [superlative]
Etymology: disconcert + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|disconcert|ing}} disconcert + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} disconcerting (comparative more disconcerting, superlative most disconcerting)
  1. Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm. Synonyms: unsettling, troubling, upsetting Translations (tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting): desconcertant (Catalan), verontrustend (Dutch), zorgwekkend (Dutch), huolestuttava (Finnish), hämmentävä (Finnish), kiusallinen (english: socially) (Finnish), troublant [masculine] (French), beunruhigend (German), unangenehm (German), befremdlich (German), nyugtalanító (Hungarian), sconcertante (Italian), sconvolgente (Italian), disorientante (Italian), urovekkende (Norwegian Bokmål), desconcertante (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-disconcerting-en-adj-w277e~5x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing

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