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单词 unsettling
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unsettling

(ʌnsetəlɪŋ)
adjective
If you describe something as unsettling, you mean that it makes you feel rather worried or uncertain.
The prospect of change of this kind has an unsettling effect on any organisation.
His sense of humour was really unsettling.
Synonyms: disturbing, worrying, troubling, upsetting More Synonyms of unsettling
unsettlingly adverb [ADVERB adjective]
It was unsettlingly quiet.

unsettling in British English

(ʌnˈsɛtlɪŋ)
adjective
making one feel rather worried or uncertain
We fully appreciate that coming into hospital can be an unsettling experience.
His sense of humour was really unsettling.
It is a disturbing and unsettling film which makes for powerful viewing.
The prospect of change of this kind has an unsettling effect on any organisation.

Examples of 'unsettling' in a sentence
unsettling

An even more unsettling thought was taking shape in my mind.
Reeves, Robert DOUBTING THOMAS (2001)
Their separations, arguments and misunderstandings were unsettling to them both, no less to Hugh than to Elaine.
McCorquodale, Robin DANSVILLE (2001)
Set on such diminutive bodies they were strangely unsettling.
Clive Barker SACRAMENT (2001)

In other languages
unsettling

British English: unsettling ADJECTIVE
If you describe something as unsettling, you mean that it makes you feel rather worried or uncertain.
The prospect of change of this kind has an unsettling effect on any organisation.
  • American English: unsettling
  • Brazilian Portuguese: inquietador
  • Chinese: 令人担忧的
  • European Spanish: perturbador
  • French: perturbant
  • German: beunruhigend
  • Italian: inquietante
  • Japanese: 動揺させる
  • Korean: 심란하게 하는
  • European Portuguese: inquietador
  • Latin American Spanish: perturbador

Chinese translation of 'unsettling'

unsettling

(ʌnˈsɛtlɪŋ)

adj

  1. 使人不安的 (shǐ rén bu'ān de)
(adjective) 
The prospect of change of this kind has an unsettling effect.
Synonyms
disturbing
There are disturbing reports of severe weather conditions.
worrying
troubling
upsetting
alarming
The disease has spread at an alarming rate.
distressing
the distressing symptoms of anxiety
dismaying
disconcerting
He has a disconcerting habit of staring at you when he talks to you.
disquieting
He found her letter disquieting.
Seedisturbing

Nearby words of
unsettling

  • unselfish
  • unsettle
  • unsettled
  • unsettling
  • unshakeable
  • unshaken
  • unsheltered

Related terms of
unsettling

  • unsettle

Synonyms of 'unsettling'

unsettling

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of distressing
the distressing symptoms of anxiety
Synonyms
upsetting,
worrying,
disturbing,
painful,
affecting,
sad,
afflicting,
harrowing,
grievous,
hurtful,
lamentable,
heart-breaking,
nerve-racking,
gut-wrenching,
distressful (literary)
in the sense of worrying
Definition
causing concern and anxiety
Synonyms
disturbing,
trying,
taxing,
difficult,
upsetting,
alarming,
grave,
distressing,
tricky,
unpleasant,
dismaying,
sticky (informal),
traumatic,
unsettling,
daunting,
harassing,
troublesome,
problematic,
harrowing,
prickly (informal),
disquieting,
niggling,
thorny,
perturbing,
worrisome,
nerve-wracking,
bothersome,
vexatious
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