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Synonyms for disquieting


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dis-kwahy-i-ting
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈkwaɪ ɪ tɪŋ

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Définition of disquieting

Origin :
  • 1520s, from dis- + quiet. Related: Disquieted; disquieting. As a noun, from 1570s.
  • adj upsetting
Example sentences :
  • Losing a million a minute, even in sleep, he thought, was disquieting.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • It is most disquieting at times, the things Eleanore tells me about myself.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • He had seen them before imperfectly in the disquieting dreams.
  • Extract from : « Now We Are Three » by Joe L. Hensley
  • The fact was not surprising, but the remark was disquieting.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • These disquieting developments had been watched with anxiety in London.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • It was a disquieting letter, though the opening was affectionate and sane.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • It is disquieting to fulfil a prophecy, however superficially.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • To a kinsman of Sunderland's this was disquieting news, indeed.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • These tears and this sorrow were for him a profound and disquieting mystery.
  • Extract from : « Almayer's Folly » by Joseph Conrad
  • The mysterious silence maintained by the enemy was disquieting.
  • Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty

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