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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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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

Political turmoil and the prospect of a leadership challenge risk unsettling investors and raising U.K. government borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

In a letter sent to government employees across Whitehall on Wednesday afternoon, Sir Keir told them he recognised "the events of the last recent weeks have felt unsettling".

From BBC • May 6, 2026

But the similarities between what played out in Season 4 of “The Boys” and our version of current events is beyond unsettling.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2024

The quiet was unsettling, but Ekon didn’t think about that either.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

unsettling

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