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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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De Toth’s 1947 “The Other Love,” screening at 9:35 p.m., is also unsettling, though its genre is the high-toned weepie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve star in an effectively unsettling horror film from 20-year-old director Kane Parsons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

But worse than the price hikes is the unsettling feeling that consumers are being gaslit by tech giants paying lip service to the gaming community while delaying product releases or peddling AI-generated “slop.”

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Not for one moment did Kompany's side give up on somehow unsettling this magnificent PSG team.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

I suppose this is expected, but it is also unsettling.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

unsettling

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