disconcert

be disconcerted by a sudden attack

a brief disconcert of the whole gay company

Bright light disconcerted her.

the abrupt change of subject disconcerted her.

with disconcerting formality the brothers shook hands.

gazing into her face with disconcerting intensity.

Forgetting his speech disconcerted the speaker.

is disconcerted by sarcastic remarks;

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

The young madam was disconcerted to discover that she was being watched.

The two women looked on without uttering a word, without a gesture, without a look which could disconcert the Bishop.

It does not become disconcerted, but adjusts to its divine work the man who has bestridden the Alps, and the good old tottering invalid of Father Elysee.

addle, badger, bait, bemused, beset, circumvent, confound, derange, discombobulated, discomfit, disconcert, disquiet, distraught, faze, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, perturb.

Even Xue found that a bit disconcerting.

Poor Stroeve gave me a troubled look, but I was not disconcerted by so little.

The inquiry, though a simple one, was plainly disconcerting, and he sat down before replying.

And it was just that which had most disconcerted me in my dealings with him.

" About what" ? he asked, so innocently that Wolf Larsen was disconcerted, while the others smiled.

" I—what? " said Harry, disconcerted. " You mean the Minister of Magic? "

He had a disconcerting habit of seeing through her and laughing rudely.

She looked around at all the faces upturned to her, rather disconcerted.

It disconcerted me, but I did my best not to show it.

“No—I—of course not, ” said Harry, disconcerted by this sudden change of subject.