disconcert
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In Twin Peaks “they tend to disconcert us because there is something ‘off’ about them.”
From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2020
They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2019
Despite a few postmodern flourishes and some teasing structural game playing, their latest offerings are unlikely to disconcert habitual watchers of “Masterpiece” television.
From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2017
“Not a smile. It’s not the smile that will disconcert me. Not at all. Or his eyes that will make me afraid. Because I’m not afraid of him.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2017
To faze is to disconcert or embarrass; it comes from a Middle English word, fesen, which meant “drive away” or “put to flight.”
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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