disconcerting

1. 1.

   causing an emotional disturbance

   “his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly”

   “an upsetting experience”

   Synonymsupsetting

   Similardispleasing

Questions about disconcerting

What does disconcerting mean?

disconcerting means "causing an emotional disturbance".

How many syllables are in disconcerting?

disconcerting has 4 syllables: dis-con-cer-ting. The stress falls on "cer". In IPA it is /ˌdɪskənˈsɝtɪŋ/.

What is another word for disconcerting?

Close synonyms include upsetting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disconcerting a common word?

disconcerting is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with disconcerting?

1 word rhymes with disconcerting. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.