What does unsettling mean?
Unsettling means That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing..
Unsettling
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing..
Definitions by Sense
- That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing.
- present participle and gerund of unsettle
- The weakening of some previously established system or norm.
Example Sentences
More unsettling was the origin story of the infamous tell-all book Princess in Love. Diana claimed to be outraged in 1994 when Daily Express journalist Anna Pasternak spilled the beans of her affair with former army officer James Hewitt[…]
But reconstructing theory has proved more problematic than feminists might have hoped, even as their efforts played an important if sometimes overlooked part in post-modern unsettlings of theories in the West.
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- more unsettling
- most unsettling
- unsettlings
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More unsettling was the origin story of the infamous tell-all book Princess in Love. Diana claimed to be outraged in 1994 when Daily Express journalist Anna Pasternak spilled the beans of her affair with former army officer James Hewitt[…]
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