disquiet
Example Sentences
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Why it’s vital: Unsettling but gorgeously realized, the series introduces a disquieting dread that encapsulates the fear of being closeted in a small community while acknowledging the bittersweet yearning that comes with an awakening youth.
From Salon
The Nama were not happy and that disquiet continues to this day.
From BBC
A disquieting collection of animatronics became fixtures in the director’s life.
From Los Angeles Times
It provided a unity and a serene calm in the midst of discombobulation and disquiet.
From BBC
Great artists major in defiance and minor in delusion: You will want to see what I have to offer, and love it, even if it is unfamiliar, disquieting and as ravishingly uncommercial as “Architecton.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
