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Meanings of disquieting in English

Causing anxiety or uneasiness.

        Disquieting.

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                Usage of disquieting in English
                1
                The thought of permanent electronic invasion was disquieting, to say the least.
                The Complete Rama Omnibus
                2
                For two years the Emperor had been receiving disquieting reports about Gallus.
                Julian
                3
                Shakespeare must have gone through some rather disquieting quarters of an hour.
                Eyeless in Gaza
                4
                All of this is very disquieting for patients, relatives and local GPs.
                The Irish Times
                5
                From the sky, we heard a disquieting sound, which was growing louder.
                The forgotten soldier
                6
                The peacefulness of it all under such unearthly beauty is almost disquieting.
                A Wanderer in Venice
                7
                Camera work, filled with disquieting oblique shadows, is elegant and atmospheric throughout.
                Reuters
                8
                He still handled those matters too disquieting for the new Dark King.
                Radiant Shadows
                9
                It was a disquieting letter, though the opening was affectionate and sane.
                Howards End
                10
                And so the past had revisited him, darkening and disquieting his mind.
                The Moon Rock
                11
                Yet, what was there about an elf that Darkhorse found so disquieting?
                Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
                12
                Her mind was occupied with disquieting reflections of the past few hours.
                The Mucker
                13
                The neat coils of brown hair were quite disquieting to Aunt Em.
                Gloria and Treeless Street
                14
                This disquieting consciousness would seem to be slowly invading our individual life.
                The Buried Temple
                15
                About her seemed to hover something of the ethereal, elusive, and disquieting.
                The Metal Monster
                16
                He had time to catch a veiled soft gleam intimate and disquieting.
                The Fortunate Youth
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