Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disconcerting

/ˌdɪskənˈsɝtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: dis-con-cert-ing
IPA: /ˌdɪskənˈsɝtɪŋ/

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm.

verb

present participle of disconcert

noun

gerund of disconcert

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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.""

Etymology

Etymology tree English disconcert Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English disconcerting From disconcert + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: disconcert

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌdɪskənˈsɝtɪŋ/
British English: /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more disconcerting (comparative) most disconcerting (superlative) disconcertings (plural)

Derived Forms

disconcertingly disconcertingness

Synonyms

unsettling troubling upsetting

Rhymes With

hurting converting flirting asserting inserting diverting alerting reverting exerting skirting squirting subverting

Questions

How do you pronounce disconcerting?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdɪskənˈsɝtɪŋ/.
What does disconcerting mean?: Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm.
Where does disconcerting come from?: Etymology tree English disconcert Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English disconcerting From disconcert + -ing.

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