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disquieting

/dis-kwahy-i-ting/US // dɪsˈkwaɪ ɪ tɪŋ //

令人不安的,忧心忡忡,忧虑的,令人不安

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing anxiety or uneasiness; disturbing: disquieting news.

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Examples

  • It was disquieting in the extreme, like being placed inside a body I had no desire to occupy.

  • From there, Kitamura’s latest unravels in terms both disquieting and unexpected.

  • Certainly from the outside looking in, the visual evidence of the destruction wrought by Covid-19 is graphic and disquieting.

  • They had a party later on in Richmond with their friends, which I found at once happy but disquieting.

  • That is the question at the heart of this disquieting story from the most-talented E. Jean Carroll.

  • The message is disquieting; the messengers are the ones we've been waiting for.

  • Regardless, the symbiosis between the Democratic Party and Silicon Valley is, on a real level, disquieting.

  • “Cosmopolis,” the David Cronenberg film starring Robert Pattinson, is a disquieting look at a twisted Wall Street.

  • And hence, possibly, arose the disquieting sensation that something was gathering, something that might take them unawares.

  • This was a disquieting discovery, and Matt thought that if he could levant without being seen it would be well for him to do so.

  • Crane was in President Castle's office, and his demeanor was that of a man who has heard disquieting news.

  • But before the ice was out of the river disquieting rumors began to breathe out of Higgins's Bridge.

  • Charity's spirits flagged and disquieting thoughts stole back on her.