unsettling
adjective
un·set·tling
ˌən-ˈset-liŋ,
-ˈse-tᵊl-iŋ
: having the effect of upsetting, disturbing, or discomposing
unsettling images of the war
Examples of unsettling in a Sentence
unsettling new developments in the effort to bring peace and stability to that region
had the unsettling task of picking out a coffin and making the other funeral arrangements for his father
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Their story was both deeply familiar and powerfully unsettling.
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Sam Wolson, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
The novel is unsettling but thrilling, and a classic work that has stood the test of time.
—Robert English, EW.com, 30 July 2025
But that is an unsettling list of them for the Padres.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2025
What is unsettling about Meloni is not so much her behavior as her accommodation of the forces that nationalism has unleashed in the past, at a moment when postwar norms are fading away.
—Massimo Calabresi, Time, 24 July 2025
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Sam Wolson, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
The novel is unsettling but thrilling, and a classic work that has stood the test of time.
—Robert English, EW.com, 30 July 2025
But that is an unsettling list of them for the Padres.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2025
What is unsettling about Meloni is not so much her behavior as her accommodation of the forces that nationalism has unleashed in the past, at a moment when postwar norms are fading away.
—Massimo Calabresi, Time, 24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for unsettling
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“Unsettling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsettling. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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