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Definition of Disquieting
1. Adjective. Causing mental discomfort. "The disquieting sounds of nearby gunfire"
Definition of Disquieting
1. Adjective. causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of disquiet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disquieting
1. disquiet [v] - See also: disquiet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disquieting
Literary usage of Disquieting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"disquieting Rumors from the Interior—Preparations for a Trading Post—A Spy in
the Camp—Expedition into the Interior—Shores of the Columbia— Mount Coffin ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The extremely original association of the "Sillon" (furrow), attractive to some,
disquieting to others, was founded in 1894 in the crypt of the Stanislas ..."
3. The Confederation of Europe: A Study of the European Alliance, 1813-1823, as by Walter Alison Phillips (1914)
"... THE FIRST PEACE OF PARIS The fall of Paris—The abdication of Napoleon—disquieting
attitude of Alexander—Russia and the balance of Power—Castlereagh aims ..."
4. New Chapters of Bismarck's Autobiography by Otto Bismarck (1920)
"professional experience and personal knowledge, and I cannot avoid certain
disquieting impressions when I consider to what an extent these attributes have ..."
5. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1904)
"John Russell Writes a disquieting Letter to Governor Clinton Concerning the
Letter's Land in Vermont. Sur, understanding you own a large track of Land In ..."
6. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1908)
"disquieting Rumors.—Disasters. —Mission San Miguel.—Reports of Fages and Hidalgo.—Fr.
Sales's Letters.—Arrival and Departure of Missionaries. ..."
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