unsettling

CEFRB2

/əˈnsɛtəlɪŋ/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Making you feel worried or uncomfortable.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    present participle and gerund of unsettle

Examples

  • The lack of reaction of that alien was unsettling.

  • Those two are so quiet it's unsettling. Could this be the quiet before the storm?

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. The weakening of some previously established system or norm.

  2. That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing.

More examples

In context

  • I find that very unsettling.

  • 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.

  • 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[…]

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The dark clouds and howling wind created an blank atmosphere before the storm hit.

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