Unsettling Meaning

/əˈnsɛtəlɪŋ/
B2

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

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adjThat 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[…]"— April 5 2022, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair:

verbpresent participle and gerund of unsettle

nounThe weakening of some previously established system or norm.

"But reconstructing theory has proved more problematic than feminists might have hoped, even as their efforts played an important if sometimes overlooked part in post-modern unsettlings of theories in the West."— 2013, Krishna Sen, Maila Stivens, Gender and Power in Affluent Asia, page 19:
Those two are so quiet it's unsettling. Could this be the quiet before the storm?
I find that very unsettling.
The lack of reaction of that alien was unsettling.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The dark clouds and howling wind created an ____ atmosphere before the storm hit.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Watching the dark clouds gather was an ____ experience, as we knew that a major storm was on its way today.

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The dark clouds and howling wind created an ____ atmosphere before the storm hit.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Watching the dark clouds gather was an ____ experience, as we knew that a major storm was on its way today.

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