unsettlingadjective
uk/ʌnˈset.əl.ɪŋ/us/ʌnˈset̬.əl.ɪŋ/unsettling adjective (CHANGING)
causing change
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Upsetting and destabilizing
- bring
- bring sb down
- delegitimize
- destabilize
- dislocate
- disrupt
- knock/throw sb for a loop idiom
- loop
- make waves idiom
- put the skids under sth idiom
- rock
- rock the boat idiom
- scupper
- stir
- turn sth upside down idiom
- undercut
- upset
- upside down
- wave
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unsettling adjective (WORRYING)
causing worry or anxiety:
One of the documentary's many unsettling images is of a child playing with her father's gun.
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Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- bite
- catch up with sb
- come back to bite sb idiom
- come back/home to roost idiom
- flap
- frighten sb/sth away/off
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- give sb the jitters idiom
- gnaw
- harass
- joke
- suspenseful
- sweat
- tense
- troubling
- unnerve
- weigh
- weigh on sb/sth
- weigh sb down
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unsettle
verb [ T ] uk/ʌnˈset.əl/us/ʌnˈset̬.əl/
The airline's decision to cut air fares is likely to unsettle the market.
Even the most experienced batsmen were unsettled by the speed of this bowler.