disconcert

Djokovic's on-court aura can disconcert many younger opponents and Alexander Zverev, often described as the best player of his generation to have never won a major, is one of them.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

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

“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

From the moment Victor Stott is born, he disconcerts those around him.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2022

That shift in focus disconcerts consumer advocates, who are in favor of better financial education, but not at the expense of oversight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2019

As he’s driving home from work, a song comes on the radio that disconcerts him and triggers a whole train of thought.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 6, 2017

What disconcerts me sometimes is what’s expected of the genre.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2014

The silence and the intimacy of the room disconcerts him.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Even Emily Blunt was publicly disconcerted, begging Hollywood agencies to “please stop taking away our human connection.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

When they visit St. Cloud’s and meet Dr. Larch, they are disconcerted by “an antiseptic smell, or something medicinal” in his office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

They are disconcerted by the prospect of apex predators roaming their territory, including on popular trails.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024

Even Danny Danon, a Netanyahu ally and former Israeli ambassador to the U.N. who recently predicted a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia in 2023, seemed disconcerted.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 11, 2023

Ed remembered Ishmael’s father and shook his head, disconcerted.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

"It's quite disconcerting," said one who gave only his first name, Louis, when he found his line closed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

That’s the way to think about the disconcerting market swings of recent days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

But they did have one potentially innovative and surprising, if disconcerting, solution to our national public health information crisis: A.I. has the potential to help stave off a conspiratorial catastrophe during the next pandemic.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

There’s also a malevolent private eye played by Raymond Burr in the disconcerting role that made him a star.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

For a moment the world swirled in a disconcerting kaleidoscope of color, but when it settled, Holly was no longer the defeated elf she had been.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer