FluentPlex

unsettling

/ənˈsɛtəlɪŋ/ adjective C1
  1. That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing.
+ Save to review

From the library

They arose from the unsettling of the minds of the masses, and the consequent weakening of all authority.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 55 · B2
Loftus's extensive body of work, however, underscores a profoundly unsettling truth: a witness can be completely honest and yet entirely incorrect.
The Unreliable Witness, p. 1 · C2

Other matches

Learn unsettling in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account
Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.