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unsettling

ADJECTIVE
disturbing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
alarming creepy depressing disconcerting discouraging disquieting distressing frightening ominous painful perplexing startling troubling unpleasant worrisome worrying
STRONG
aggravating agitating annoying discommoding discomposing dismaying embarrassing foreboding harassing impeding irritating perturbing provoking threatening trying upsetting vexing
WEAK
bothersome burdensome consequential difficult disagreeable discomforting disruptive distressful gloomy hard inconvenient intrusive irksome laborious onerous pessimistic prophetic severe sinister tiresome toilsome troublesome troublous uncertain wearisome
Antonyms
STRONGEST
auspicious comforting delightful encouraging good happy pleasant pleasing

Example Sentences

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told civil servants he values them speaking "truth to power", in a letter that acknowledges an "unsettling" period for the civil service.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

It started with a scary earthquake near Reno, then more unsettling shaking near Las Vegas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

This unsettling idea is what defines the Boltzmann brain hypothesis.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

The air in Springfield, Ohio carries an unsettling quality these days.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

For, screaming children aside, All Hallows’ Eve was already a most unsettling time.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman