adj · noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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CMU ARPABET:AH0 N S EH1 T AH0 L IH0 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:AH0 N S EH1 T L IH0 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
noun
Meaning 2
The weakening of some previously established system or norm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of unsettle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
inquietant
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
Dutch:
verontrustend
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
Dutch:
zorgwekkend
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
Finnish:
ahdistava
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
Finnish:
levottomuutta herättävä
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
French:
dérangeant
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
French:
inquiétant
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
German:
beunruhigend
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
Hungarian:
felkavaró
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
Ido:
desquietiganta
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
Italian:
inquietante
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
Italian:
spiazzante
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
Russian:
тревожащий
(trevožaščij)
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
Spanish:
inquietante
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
Spanish:
perturbador
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
Spanish:
atemorizador
— That makes one troubled or uneasy
Turkish:
tedirgin edici
— That makes one troubled or uneasy