disquietingadjective
uk/dɪˈskwaɪə.tɪŋ/us/dɪˈskwaɪə.t̬ɪŋ/formalcausing worry:
The disquieting situation between these two neighbouring countries looks as if it will continue.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- bite
- catch up with sb
- come back to bite sb idiom
- come back/home to roost idiom
- flap
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- give sb the jitters idiom
- gnaw
- harass
- haunt
- joke
- sweat
- tense
- troubling
- unnerve
- unsettling
- weigh
- weigh on sb/sth
- weigh sb down
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