What does disconcerting mean?
Disconcerting means Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm..
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/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ/ · adjective
Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm..
Even with a safety harness, losing one's grip that high up is disconcerting.
"You must admit," he remarked, "that up to now our conversation has hardly proceeded along conventional lines. I am a complete stranger to you; another man who is a complete stranger to me speaks to you while we're at tea. You inform me that I shall probably have to kill him in the near future. The statement is, I think you will agree, a trifle disconcerting."
Use disconcerting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Disconcerting means Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm..
Common synonyms include unsettling, troubling, upsetting, displeasing.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Even with a safety harness, losing one's grip that high up is disconcerting.
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