disconcerted

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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

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

“Many of us who have used the instrument and know its many virtues have been quite disconcerted by this unexpected turn of events.”

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Debussy’s 'Gardens in the rain’, though, was composed in 1903, a good thirty years after the Impressionist painters had first begun exhibiting their works to a disconcerted Parisian public.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall