Standard Lemma guide

unsettling

adj · noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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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.

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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
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