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disconcerting

adjective as in disquieting

adjective as in jarring

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The recent spate of disconcerting news has felt sudden—and jarring.

“It’s disconcerting and troubling that the content coming out of Israel is being treated differently from any other country,” Redstone said.

Most disconcerting was the performance of Vesia, the team’s most trusted reliever.

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The self-infantilizing is disconcerting to watch, and no doubt petrifying to experience firsthand, but Gaga dodges the fan and gets into her waiting vehicle.

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"But it is disconcerting that this can happen."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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