Disconcerting

(adj.) causing an emotional disturbance; 'his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly'- Herb Caen; 'an upsetting experience' .

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• If that did not happen, and if the belt was made taut suddenly, the armature burned out--which it did with disconcerting frequency. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• At last he said: 'So startling an announcement, so confidently made, and by such lips, is really disconcerting in the last degree. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Riviere took this onslaught with a disconcerting humility. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The inquiry, though a simple one, was plainly disconcerting, and he sat down before replying. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• It was a disconcerting lift of the curtain, and the mortification of Candaules' wife glowed in her. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• But I suppose, my dear,' hinted the cherub, as he folded the letter after a disconcerting silence, 'that we must make the best of it? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Perhaps that is the reason why Arnold Bennett's description of the siege of Paris in The Old Wives' Tale is so disconcerting to many people. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Ideas, most of the time, cause them genuine distress, and are as disconcerting as an idle office boy, or a squeaky telephone. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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