Unsettling
adjective
Causing nervousness, discomfort, or worry.
The strange noises in the house were very unsettling.
Often appears as...
- unsettling news
- unsettling atmosphere
verb
Making someone feel upset or troubled.
His sudden resignation was quite unsettling for the team.
Often appears as...
- unsettling thought
- unsettling reality
adjective
Causing nervousness, discomfort, or worry.
The strange noises in the house were very unsettling.
Often appears as...
- unsettling news
- unsettling atmosphere
verb
Making someone feel upset or troubled.
His sudden resignation was quite unsettling for the team.
Often appears as...
- unsettling thought
- unsettling reality
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
It refers to feelings of unease that may linger after an event or experience.
The movie's ending had an unsettling effect on me.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Atmosphere
Often used to describe situations or environments that make you feel uncomfortable.
Walking alone at night, she found the silence unsettling.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Anxiety
The discomfort may not be overwhelming but can make you feel slightly off-balance.
His evasive answers were unsettling to the interviewer.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
It refers to feelings of unease that may linger after an event or experience.
The movie's ending had an unsettling effect on me.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Atmosphere
Often used to describe situations or environments that make you feel uncomfortable.
Walking alone at night, she found the silence unsettling.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Anxiety
The discomfort may not be overwhelming but can make you feel slightly off-balance.
His evasive answers were unsettling to the interviewer.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
It refers to feelings of unease that may linger after an event or experience.
The movie's ending had an unsettling effect on me.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Atmosphere
Often used to describe situations or environments that make you feel uncomfortable.
Walking alone at night, she found the silence unsettling.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Anxiety
The discomfort may not be overwhelming but can make you feel slightly off-balance.
His evasive answers were unsettling to the interviewer.
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Coya Paz Brownrigg: The...
and unsettling at best. Unexpected presences who show up and demand your emotional attention, at any cost. We are taught to be afraid of dying and death, and the dead. But when I stopped worrying about ghosts and started worrying about ghost stories,
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The ethical dilemma of...
than your generation. And they have lower health care costs. They're immune to a host of health conditions, including HIV/AIDS and genetic diseases. It all sounds so great, but you can't help but have this sort of unsettling feeling,
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The strange story of the...
Whether those animals lived or died now was entirely up to the compassion or the indifference of people. That said something really ominous about the future of bears, but it also said something very unsettling about who we'd become,
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Anxious? Blame the...
quite fit like i was wading through liquid unlike the other winds that came in bursts or gusts nick said that the phone he found in the alps was like an open hose pipe it was non-stop one of the first things that was unsettling is
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and physical abnormalities and death. And the idea that we're just animals can be really unsettling, because it can be this reminder of our own mortality. And that can leave many of us with this deep existential angst.
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Safari Live - Day 186 PIPE...
not really sure well sky I think if you're a human being and your mother I started to hiss and growl at you'd be deeply confusing and unsettling but of course this is normal with leopards is what they do and it's
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Wrangling Wild Horses in...
you not many people get to do that sort of thing it's always a little unsettling yeah six or eight Wranglers that have never been on your horses we don't know how they ride a lot of responsibility picking off
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Surviving a nuclear...
of nuclear weapons while initially locally could very rapidly go into a situation we would be facing all-out down nuclear or war it's very unsettling here we go okay I'm back in my truck and we drove
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Disability does not...
to me and just mind-boggling how many of the experts good experts were completely wrong and very quick to relegate children like Oliver to this life of unsettling dependency of the 10 million
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Vampire Bat Colony Found...
oh god get me out here i've never been so glad to leave a place in all my life it's an unsettling encounter and not
Video examples
Coya Paz Brownrigg: The...
and unsettling at best. Unexpected presences who show up and demand your emotional attention, at any cost. We are taught to be afraid of dying and death, and the dead. But when I stopped worrying about ghosts and started worrying about ghost stories,
Video examples
The ethical dilemma of...
than your generation. And they have lower health care costs. They're immune to a host of health conditions, including HIV/AIDS and genetic diseases. It all sounds so great, but you can't help but have this sort of unsettling feeling,
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The strange story of the...
Whether those animals lived or died now was entirely up to the compassion or the indifference of people. That said something really ominous about the future of bears, but it also said something very unsettling about who we'd become,
Video examples
Anxious? Blame the...
quite fit like i was wading through liquid unlike the other winds that came in bursts or gusts nick said that the phone he found in the alps was like an open hose pipe it was non-stop one of the first things that was unsettling is
Video examples
Why you should love...
and physical abnormalities and death. And the idea that we're just animals can be really unsettling, because it can be this reminder of our own mortality. And that can leave many of us with this deep existential angst.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 186 PIPE...
not really sure well sky I think if you're a human being and your mother I started to hiss and growl at you'd be deeply confusing and unsettling but of course this is normal with leopards is what they do and it's
Video examples
Wrangling Wild Horses in...
you not many people get to do that sort of thing it's always a little unsettling yeah six or eight Wranglers that have never been on your horses we don't know how they ride a lot of responsibility picking off
Video examples
Surviving a nuclear...
of nuclear weapons while initially locally could very rapidly go into a situation we would be facing all-out down nuclear or war it's very unsettling here we go okay I'm back in my truck and we drove
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Disability does not...
to me and just mind-boggling how many of the experts good experts were completely wrong and very quick to relegate children like Oliver to this life of unsettling dependency of the 10 million
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Vampire Bat Colony Found...
oh god get me out here i've never been so glad to leave a place in all my life it's an unsettling encounter and not
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Danny Amendola
American Athlete
When I was on the practice squad, it felt like I was just a guy who came in off the street three days a week to help actual NFL players get better. It was unsettling, unfulfilling and there were a few times when I wondered whether I would get my shot. But I kept showing up and kept competing. I was too stubborn to stop believing in myself.
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Sam Esmail
American Director
We frame things in an off-kilter way because it's unsettling. In the 'Mr. Robot' world, that's the norm, and it's the norm for the point of view that we're looking for, which is Elliot's. With our compositions and our visual language and camera movements, it's important to always evoke that unsettling feeling underneath every scene.
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Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
American Author
My mom was very disappointed when I came out as a Republican in high school. And being a Republican in high school was really fun because all of my teachers were extremely liberal. Expressing anything that was counter to their deeply held beliefs was so easily unsettling that that form of contrarianism was very comfortable.
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George Clooney
American Actor
There is something very unsettling about being with someone when they die. People say it's peaceful. It's not peaceful. It's the most personal thing you can do, is die, and you feel almost like you're invading someone's most personal moment by being there.
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Alex Karpovsky
American Director
If I only acted, I feel like I wouldn't have enough creative expression over my own sensibility, and also if I only acted, the notion of surrendering my fate and future to other people is deeply unsettling to me and it would make me uncomfortable.
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Sharni Vinson
Australian Model
I don't like auditions. I feel like they're a very unnatural setting and it's a very unsettling experience. Because you can't help but walk in and feel like you're trying to prove yourself to people. And you should just walk in and be.
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Michael Pitt
American Actor
Your experiences are what made you what you are today. So when tragedy happens in people's lives, and things are left unsaid, it can be very unsettling. The lack of closure can linger.
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Marlon Brando
American Actor
If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.
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John Oliver
British Comedian
It's pretty physically unsettling, living life on a visa.
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Kat Dennings
American Actress
The more unsettling the more I feel at home.
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Danny Amendola
American Athlete
When I was on the practice squad, it felt like I was just a guy who came in off the street three days a week to help actual NFL players get better. It was unsettling, unfulfilling and there were a few times when I wondered whether I would get my shot. But I kept showing up and kept competing. I was too stubborn to stop believing in myself.
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Sam Esmail
American Director
We frame things in an off-kilter way because it's unsettling. In the 'Mr. Robot' world, that's the norm, and it's the norm for the point of view that we're looking for, which is Elliot's. With our compositions and our visual language and camera movements, it's important to always evoke that unsettling feeling underneath every scene.
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Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
American Author
My mom was very disappointed when I came out as a Republican in high school. And being a Republican in high school was really fun because all of my teachers were extremely liberal. Expressing anything that was counter to their deeply held beliefs was so easily unsettling that that form of contrarianism was very comfortable.
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George Clooney
American Actor
There is something very unsettling about being with someone when they die. People say it's peaceful. It's not peaceful. It's the most personal thing you can do, is die, and you feel almost like you're invading someone's most personal moment by being there.
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Alex Karpovsky
American Director
If I only acted, I feel like I wouldn't have enough creative expression over my own sensibility, and also if I only acted, the notion of surrendering my fate and future to other people is deeply unsettling to me and it would make me uncomfortable.
Quote examples
Sharni Vinson
Australian Model
I don't like auditions. I feel like they're a very unnatural setting and it's a very unsettling experience. Because you can't help but walk in and feel like you're trying to prove yourself to people. And you should just walk in and be.
Quote examples
Michael Pitt
American Actor
Your experiences are what made you what you are today. So when tragedy happens in people's lives, and things are left unsaid, it can be very unsettling. The lack of closure can linger.
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Marlon Brando
American Actor
If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.
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John Oliver
British Comedian
It's pretty physically unsettling, living life on a visa.
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Kat Dennings
American Actress
The more unsettling the more I feel at home.
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