Synonyms of disquieting

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adjective

1

as in disturbing

causing worry or anxiety

disquieting news of troubles downtown

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbing
• unsettling
• troubling
• frightening
• scary
• distressing
• upsetting
• troublesome
• worrisome
• nasty
• discomforting
• perturbing
• shocking
• nagging
• terrifying
• terrible
• horrible
• troublous
• disconcerting
• discouraging
• dismaying
• discomposing
• dire
• alarming
• disheartening
• discomfiting
• demoralizing
• daunting
• chilling
• dispiriting
• dread
• direful
• dreadful
• fearful
• horrifying
• formidable
• forbidding
• ghastly
• frightful
• persecutory
• fearsome
• intimidating
• horrendous
• harassing
• hair-raising
• persecutive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reassuring
• settling
• soothing
• calming
• comforting
• narcotic
• dreamy
• relaxing
• sedative
• inviting
• quieting
• tranquilizing
• consoling
• lulling
• pacifying

2

as in uneasy

marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings

with a disquieting voice she asked me to investigate the strange noise coming from the basement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbing
• uneasy
• unsettling
• tense
• anxious
• nervous
• unnerving
• restless
• creepy
• distressing
• worrisome
• distressful
• fraught
• agitating
• embarrassing
• hairy
• nail-biting
• nerve-racking
• troublesome
• strained
• discouraging
• awkward
• bothersome
• foreboding
• disheartening
• misgiving
• restive
• unrestful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quiet
• comfortable
• easy
• peaceful
• tranquil
• calming
• restful
• quieting
• pacific

disquieting

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verb

present participle of disquiet

as in alarming

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

we were disquieted by the strange noises we heard outside our tent at night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbing
• alarming
• distracting
• worrying
• concerning
• bothering
• unsettling
• haunting
• distressing
• upsetting
• discomforting
• angering
• dismaying
• agitating
• perturbing
• plaguing
• annoying
• irritating
• confusing
• unhinging
• ailing
• embarrassing
• undoing
• derailing
• rattling
• exercising
• freaking (out)
• exasperating
• fussing
• aggravating
• discomposing
• flurrying
• bugging
• distempering
• disconcerting
• vexing
• discouraging
• weirding out
• frazzling
• harassing
• hagriding
• discomfiting
• nettling
• irking
• galling
• jarring
• grating
• unnerving
• pestering
• harrying
• riling
• chafing
• mortifying
• fretting
• confounding
• bedeviling
• disheartening
• piquing
• putting off
• daunting
• putting out
• dispiriting
• demoralizing
• peeving
• getting
• chivying
• discountenancing
• flustering
• shaking up
• nonplussing
• abashing
• fazing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothing
• calming
• composing
• quieting
• settling
• alleviating
• tranquilizing
• allaying
• pacifying
• assuaging
• placating
• conciliating
• appeasing
• mollifying
• propitiating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disquieting

Adjective

He’s long delved into the dark corners of his lived and theoretical experience, pushing toward sticky, disquieting ideas that sent ripples of nervous laughter through a crowd unable to reject his reasoning. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 June 2026

There is also, again, the disquieting realization that four Justices were willing to change the meaning of birthright citizenship, albeit to different degrees, and for varying reasons. — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

But there’s also something more disquieting at work here, and not just when George’s advances begin to feel very much like, well, advances. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 June 2026

At one hour and 20 minutes, this prime example of German Expressionism leaves its audience with disquieting visuals and a twist. — Air Mail, 30 May 2026

Much of the film’s success, however, derives not from the twists and turns of plot but from simply situating the viewer in the disquieting vibe of this bizarre place. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026

Paying tribute to a South Carolina town destroyed in the 1950s for a nuclear materials plant, the Durham avant-folk trio's disquieting new album is both a community service and a spiritual offering. — Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026

An office complex in Oakland has been seized by its lender through a foreclosure that serves as a disquieting reminder that financial setbacks continue to haunt commercial properties in the East Bay’s largest city. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 14 May 2026

Pattinson and Zendaya play a couple whose wedding engagement is derailed after a disquieting revelation. — ABC News, 1 May 2026

Verb

In a powerful and disquieting GQ profile, the band and some immediate friends and family unraveled the struggles that have plagued their lucrative but life-altering reunion, a kind of cautionary tale for leveling up after settling down. — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 4 May 2026

The author calculated the shock wave’s energy that would be deposited in a human body by using physics similar to that of a bullet impact, which, though disquieting to say the least, is not a bad assumption from a scientific standpoint. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026

The impersonations were disquieting. — Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2026

Her images of ice blocks, lush fabrics, cherries, sea animals, and charred hearts are disquieting in the best way and well worth trekking to Santa Monica to witness in person. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026

To say that Nicholas did not share his father’s politics is an understatement, but much of his bibliography can be seen as a reckoning with his father’s unsettling career in politics and disquieting legacy. — Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026

The subjects say rending but also disquieting things about killing. — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026

This is NDiaye at her disquieting best. — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025

The combination of quavering flutes and solemn, unfamiliar corridors is disquieting. — Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025