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disquieting
Disquieting (adj) means making you feel worried or uneasy.
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Making you feel worried or uneasy.
"The reality, however, is a disquieting and entirely white town, littered with old apartheid flags and monuments to the architects of segregation."
— Dennis Webster, 'An indictment of South Africa': whites-only town Orania is booming (2019)
"It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy."
— George A. Birmingham pseudonym; James Owen Hannay (1915)
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Rhymes for disquieting
meeting
dieting
greeting
fleeting
riveting
tweeting
marketing
competing
picketing
fidgeting
carpeting
targeting
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Frequently asked questions
What is the meaning of disquieting?
"disquieting" (adj) means making you feel worried or uneasy.
What is the opposite of disquieting?
The opposite of "disquieting" is comfortable.
