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disquieting

[ US /dɪsˈkwaɪətɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /dɪskwˈa‍ɪ‍ətɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. causing mental discomfort
    the disquieting sounds of nearby gunfire

How To Use disquieting In A Sentence

  • A beggar woman and her child took shelter on the verandah at night and left behind disquieting odours.
  • Maybe crushes are best left as vaguely disquieting feelings that tell us more about who we are than what we think about others. Times, Sunday Times
  • Both are deep, questioning, disquieting yet also lyrical pieces. Times, Sunday Times
  • Wasp larvae feeding on paralyzed caterpillars is certainly a disquieting image, to say nothing of malaria feeding on children. Behe
  • There was something so disquietingly familiar about the place that I felt gooseflesh rise on my arms and legs.
  • For we recognize that the powers made possible by biomedical science can be used for non-therapeutic or ignoble purposes, serving ends that range from the frivolous and disquieting to the offensive and pernicious.
  • Then came the disquieting blue stare , and the surprisingly loud , ringing voice.
  • Suddenly, they were assailed by a much more disquieting voice. THE LAST PARTY: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock
  • The book's most engaging aspect is also its most disquieting. Times, Sunday Times
  • But disquietingly, the report notes that 10 percent of teen girls described the first time they had sex as "nonvoluntary." — "Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, 2002," J.C. Abma, G.M. Martinez, W. Primary Sources
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