disconcertingly
adverb
uk/ˌdɪs.kənˈsɜː.tɪŋ.li/us/ˌdɪs.kənˈsɝː.t̬ɪŋ.li/in a way that makes someonefeeluncertainanduncomfortableorworried:
Thetownwas disconcertinglyquiet.
Helookedup and,ratherdisconcertingly,foundthe professor'seyesfixedon him.
See
disconcert
- You canfeelveryisolatedin this disconcertinglyvastlandscape.
- The animal'sfeetandhandslookdisconcertinglyhuman.
- Thecharacterslookdirectlyand disconcertingly into thecamera.
- Slowly, disconcertingly, itbegantodawnon him that he might have made amistake.
Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- alarmingly
- bite
- catch up withsomeone
- come back/home to roostidiom
- disturb
- dread
- frightensomeone/somethingaway/off
- get/go beyond a jokeidiom
- givesomeonethe jimjamsidiom
- givesomeonethe jittersidiom
- gnaw
- rattle
- roost
- stressful
- suspenseful
- swatting
- tense
- tenseness
- trigger