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US
/dɪsˈkwaɪətɪŋ/
]
[ UK /dɪskwˈaɪətɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /dɪskwˈaɪətɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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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