unsettling
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unsettling
- /ənˈsɛtəlɪŋ/ US
adjective more unsettling · most unsettling
- That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing. More unsettling was the origin story of the infamous tell-all book Princess in Love. Diana claimed to be outraged in 1994 when Daily Express journalist Anna Pasternak spilled the beans of her affair with former army officer James Hewitt[…]
noun unsettlings
- The weakening of some previously established system or norm. A farmer in Hampshire was sorely distressed by the unsettling of his barn. However straightly over-night he laid his sheaves on the threshing-floor for the application of the morning's flail, when morning came, all was topsy-turvy, higgledy-piggledy, though the door remained locked, and there was no
verb
- present participle and gerund of unsettle
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: faze, unnerve, enervate, disquieting, disconcerting, disturbing, troubling, alarming, distressing, worrisome, frightening, worrying, troublesome, upsetting, uneasy, uncomfortable
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adj that makes one troubled or uneasy
| Español | inquietante, perturbador, atemorizador |
|---|---|
| Français | dérangeant, inquiétant |
| Deutsch | beunruhigend |
| Italiano | inquietante, spiazzante |
| Русский | тревожащий trevožaščij |
Talk about this word "unsettling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unsettling. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. unsettling. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unsettling "unsettling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unsettling.Cite this
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