disquieting
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7.0
- adjective
- /dɪsˈkwaɪətɪŋ/
:
inquietante
- This man has the disquieting tendency to land right in the middle of the world's trouble spots.
- a disquieting experience
A lot of the time I try and present uncomfortable truths, so insights that are accurate but disquieting to learn.
- A lot of the time I try and present uncomfortable truths, so insights that are accurate but disquieting to learn.
- It's very, very disquieting just the the depth of that stack and the fact that so few people can even comprehend all of the levels that are going on there.
- He calls this harmful and disquieting food.
Examples
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The news is disquieting in the extreme.
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His tales can come vividly to life and be as gripping, as disquieting, as case histories recorded by gifted clinicians.
Academic text (1997) -
In this article, I will ask a disquieting question: Has our knowledge of international politics
Academic text (1996) -
Let me now end with a disquieting conclusion.
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That is rather disquieting, Sheriff.
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So it was a very lively place still, despite the disquieting signs, you know, on the side.
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I have just received some rather disquieting information about Mr. Fogg.
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There's something disquieting about these creatures.
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For secularists and liberals in the United States and abroad, this is a disquieting prospect.
Academic text (2006) -
Valentine led the others inside, fighting a disquieting feeling that something was wrong.
Synonyms
154
4.0
Causing worry or distress
64
4.2
Making you feel worried or uneasy
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3.9
Causing worry or concern
30
7.2
Making you feel confused or uneasy
25
3.5
Making people feel worried
3
4.2
Causing someone to feel uneasy or worried
3
5.5
Making people feel very worried and disappointed
1
6.8
Something that makes you feel worried or uneasy
Making you feel worried or unsafe
Antonyms
How Worrying
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disquieting comes from the prefix dis- meaning 'not' and the word quiet meaning 'calm'. So something described as disquieting is literally 'not calm' and makes you feel worried or uneasy.