disconcertion

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An expression of almost ludicrous disconcertion shadowed his discoloured features.

From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph

He returned with only a gesture of disconcertion to answer the girl's look of appeal.

From The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph

A little thrill of disconcertion ran through Agatha, for she felt she knew what this stranger's errand must be.

From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cuneo, Cyrus

Johanna, who was passing into the next room, could not see it, but she easily guessed it by the slight disconcertion which showed through the smile he gave back.

From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.

Burton instantly recalled the remark in his book, but without exhibiting the least disconcertion, he replied, "Yaas, yaas, Madam, quite plainly; I see myself."

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas