Explore Disquieting through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like uncomfortable. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Disquieting meaning
Causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting; making uneasy.
Synonyms of Disquieting
Using Disquieting
- The main meaning on this page is: Causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting; making uneasy.
- Useful related words include: uncomfortable.
- In the example corpus, disquieting often appears in combinations such as: and disquieting, was disquieting, disquieting to.
Context around Disquieting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Disquieting
- In this selection, "disquieting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, slightly, extremely, faintly, blankness, tale and claim stand out and add context to how "disquieting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and slightly disquieting balloon trick and another more disquieting explanation he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "disquieting" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with disquieting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And yet, the processes show disquieting parallels. (7 words)
But there were disquieting signs for Toronto. (7 words)
There’s another, more disquieting, explanation: He is running against a man. (12 words)
There’s something faintly disquieting about a rodent that mysteriously fell from the sky (there is no tree above the site of the splat), plopped into the wet cement, and disappeared, leaving only a ghostly outline of its body. (39 words)
What is ultimately most disquieting about this election is that there is a real chance that a plurality or perhaps even a majority of the American people will endorse Trump’s chaotic brand of authoritarian vengeance politics. (37 words)
He particularly drew attention to the disquieting situation in Chad, a country that offers solidarity to more than a million refugees while it is also facing the highest level of severe food insecurity ever recorded. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
And for some reason, in the depths of that disquieting blankness, I was suddenly encouraged.
He’s vastly different from Redmond (Rupert Grint), who is twitchy and disquieting, and represents one of the seeds of doubt you long to latch onto as an audience member.
The film begins as a disquieting tale of teacher-pupil harassment with a clear baddie, but judgements are swiftly revised as the film switches points of view.
While the evidence for this claim was sparse, it was a disquieting claim because it reminded Indians of the brutality of the movement.
Complex because war films, even when they’re arguing the right side of history, can be disquieting to those privileged enough to wonder about war movies and propaganda.
He particularly drew attention to the disquieting situation in Chad, a country that offers solidarity to more than a million refugees while it is also facing the highest level of severe food insecurity ever recorded.
It was rather disquieting to think of someone scuttling up the dark staircase some 500 years ago with just a candle to light their way.
One of the most unforgettable moments in Carlisle’s show is his jaw-dropping — and slightly disquieting — balloon trick.
Still, there is a childlike aura to this disquieting being, which is all the more dreadful.
There are jump-scares aplenty, and the whole thing is beset with this eerie feeling of everything being wildly off-kilter and not quite right — it’s extremely disquieting.
There’s something faintly disquieting about a rodent that mysteriously fell from the sky (there is no tree above the site of the splat), plopped into the wet cement, and disappeared, leaving only a ghostly outline of its body.
What is ultimately most disquieting about this election is that there is a real chance that a plurality or perhaps even a majority of the American people will endorse Trump’s chaotic brand of authoritarian vengeance politics.
But there was disquieting news for fans of the XFL, the football league that launched this season and made it through five games before being stopped by the virus.
I watched other Jake Gyllenhaal movies (he is similarly disquieting in ) but nothing scratched my -itch.
President Donald Trump declared his support for armed protesters that stormed the Michigan state capitol in Lansing two weeks ago, demanding access to the legislature floor and disquieting many lawmakers.
Salvo’s radiant landscapes; Issei Suda’s uncanny photographs of everyday life; Merlin Carpenter’s painters; wordplay at Bureau Gallery; Adrienne Elise Tarver’s disquieting paintings.
There’s another, more disquieting, explanation: He is running against a man.
They had to buckle down and build shelters immediately if they were to survive this disquieting new world.
And yet, the processes show disquieting parallels.
But there were disquieting signs for Toronto.
Common combinations with disquieting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and disquieting 3×
- was disquieting 3×
- disquieting to 3×
- disquieting and 2×
- be disquieting 2×
- the disquieting 2×
- this disquieting 2×
- disquieting about 2×
- for disquieting 2×