Synonyms for disconcerting
dis·con·cert·ing

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1. disconcerting, upsettingadjective

   causing an emotional disturbance

   "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience"

   Synonyms:
   upsetting

   Antonyms:
   pleasing

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1. List of paraphrases for "disconcerting":

   bewildering, baffling, perplexing, puzzling, unnerving, confusing, disturbing, off-putting, worrying, staggering, disquieting, troubling

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1. Roseanne Barr:

   Jessica was becoming a textbook Mean Girl. I was being slowly swallowed alive by my anxiety, and Jake was silently watching it all happen, which was maybe the most disconcerting of all our reactions, our family was falling apart, and the stress of falling apart was making us fall apart even faster.

2. Bernie Leighton:

   You can't really be too scared, but you realize that if the pilot ever went crazy enough to make a run for the South with you on board, the aircraft wouldn't be airborne for very long. That's only mildly disconcerting.

3. Denyse Holt:

   I didn't send my older daughter a Wordle( score) in the morning and that was disconcerting to her.

4. Coroner Kory Honea:

   In some cases, the only remains we are able to recover are bones or bone fragments, i know that members of the community who are missing loved ones are anxious, and I know that the news of us recovering bodies has to be disconcerting.

5. Sian Griffiths:

   I realized I couldn't taste it, even when I inadvertently chewed a cardamom pod. This was rather disconcerting as I had no other symptoms such as a blocked nose.