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Synonyms for disconcerting

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 3, Ridgeline

causing an emotional disturbance

His disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly.

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The true synonym

upsetting

Same sentence, swapped: His upsetting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for disconcerting as it is used in the sentence above.

deterrent
frightful
startling

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