disconcerting
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++dis·con·cert·ing /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ◂ $ -ɜːr-/ adjective CONFUSEDWORRIEDmaking you feel slightly confused, embarrassed, or worried 令人困惑的;令人尴尬的;令人不安的 a disconcerting question 令人困惑的问题 —disconcertingly adverb
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disconcerting• Nevertheless, the peremptory dismissal of the book which established the modern discipline of macroeconomics is disconcerting.• The fact that everybody around me looked and sounded completely different from myself was worrying and disconcerting.• She lay in wait for pain, expecting no rewards from people, and this made her a hopelessly disconcerting friend.• Howarth had a disconcerting glimpse of the barely controlled aggression beneath the mask of casual good humour.• Waters asked a few disconcerting questions.• Marriage brings with it a disconcerting reality: How great a Change! how quickly made!• It's a bit disconcerting to be minding your own business.• However, it was still fairly disconcerting to receive some information yesterday from a Newcastle public relations company.dis·con·cert·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable
slightly or feel Corpus you worried embarrassed, confused, making
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disconcerting
dis‧con‧cert‧ing /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ◂ $ -ɜːr-/
adjective
making you feel slightly confused, embarrassed, or worried:
a disconcerting question
—disconcertingly adverb
dis‧con‧cert‧ing /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ◂ $ -ɜːr-/
adjectivemaking you feel slightly confused, embarrassed, or worried:
—disconcertingly adverb
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