disconcerting

Verb

• cause to feel embarrassment
• cause to lose one's composure

Adjective Satellite

• causing an emotional disturbance; - Herb Caen
  • "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"

Adj

• Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm.

Examples

• Even with a safety harness, losing one's grip that high up is disconcerting.

Synonyms

confuse, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, flurry, put off, untune, upset, upsetting, troubling, unsettling