Disquieting

Definition: Disquieting

Disquieting

Adjective

1. Causing mental discomfort; "the disquieting sounds of nearby gunfire".

Date "disquieting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references)

Synonym: Disquieting

Synonym: Painful. (additional references)

Crosswords: Disquieting

English words defined with "disquieting": breach of the peace ♦ disorderly behavior, disorderly conduct, Disquietal, disquietingly, disturbance of the peace ♦ haunting ♦ Unresty. (references)

Specialty definitions using "disquieting": Numbness ♦ Phantom, Portrait ♦ Teeth. (references)

Etymologies containing "disquieting": Disquietal ♦ Unresty. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	A Taste for Quiet: And Other Disquieting Tales (reference) Investigating the Unexplained: Disquieting Mysteries of the Natural World (reference) Sylvia Plath Reads: Leaving Early, Candles, the Disquieting Muses and Other of Her Poems (reference) Transients and Other Disquieting Stories (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The old man spoke with a rustic volubility in which there was nothing disquieting.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Disquieting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 57.50% of the time. "Disquieting" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	57.5%	23	72,767
Adjective (general or positive)	40%	16	87,710
Noun (proper)	2.5%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	40	N/A

Expression using "disquieting": be disquieting. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "disquieting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		turbullues (incendiary, perturber, perturbing, seditious, turbulent), shqetësues (anxious, disorderly, disturbing, hairy, perturbing, pesky, pestilent, plaguy, vexatious, worrisome). (various references)

Arabic		‏مقلق (bothering, disconcerting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troublesome, troubling, upsetting, worrisome, worrying), ‏مزعج (aggravating, annoying, bore, bothering, bothersome, disagreeable, disturber, disturbing, galling, grating, harsh, horrid, importunate, importune, intruder, irksome, irritating, mean, mischievous, offensive, pain in the neck, pestilential, plaguy, provoking, terrible, tiresome, troubled, troublesome, ugly, uncomfortable, unpleasant, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wicked, worrisome). (various references)

Bulgarian		тревожен (alarming, troublous, uneasy, unrestful, worrisome), обезпокоителен (alarming, disturbing, startling, troublesome, uncanny, worrisome). (various references)

Chinese		不安 (unrest). (various references)

Czech		znepokojivý (disturbing), zneklidòující (distressing, disturbing). (various references)

Finnish		levottomuutta herättävä (alarming). (various references)

French		inquiétant (distressing, disturbing). (various references)

German		beunruhigend (alarming, disconcerting, disturbing, fazing, flurrying, harassing, perturbing, perturbingly, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsettling, worrying). (various references)

Hungarian		nyugtalanító (disconcerting, disturbing, troublesome, unnerving, vexing), aggasztó (alarming, distressing, troublesome, worrisome). (various references)

Italian		inquietante (alarming, disturbing, harassing, unsettling, worrying, worryingly). (various references)

Korean		불온한. (various references)

Norwegian		foruroligende. (various references)

Pig Latin		isquietingday

Portuguese		perturbar (agitate, break, cloud, commove, confound, confuse, depolarise, derange, disarray, disquiet, disturb, fear, flush, fluster, harass, incommode, mess, overturn, perturb, pothole, pull down, puzzle, ruffle, shake, throw out, toss, trouble, unbalance, unhinge, unsettle, upset). (various references)

Romanian		neliniştitor (alarming, upsetting), îngrijorãtor (alarming, anxious, serious, upsetting). (various references)

Russian		беспокойный (antsy, bothersome, disquiet, fidgety, impatient, obstreperous, restive, restless, troublesome, troublous, uneasy, vexatious, worrier, worrisome, worrywart). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uznemirujući (disconcerting, disturbing, harassing, upsetting, vexatious, vexing). (various references)

Spanish		desasosiegado (disquiet), inquietante (perturbing, ugly, worrisome). (various references)

Swedish		oroande (alarming, disquiet, queasy, upsetting, worrying). (various references)

Turkish		huzur kaçırıcı, endişe verici (fraught, frowning, threatening, uneasy, worrisome, worrying). (various references)

Vietnamese		l� m không yên lòng, l� m không an tâm, l� m băn khoăn lo lắng. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "disquieting": disquietingly. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "disquieting" (pronounced di'skwī"uting)
7	-k w ī" u t i ng	quieting.
5	-ī" u t i ng	dieting, rioting.
4	-u t i ng	accrediting, attributing, auditing, balloting, blanketing, budgeting, carpeting, cohabiting, crediting, depositing, discrediting, dispiriting, editing, eliciting, exhibiting, exiting, ferreting, fidgeting, forfeiting, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, limiting, marketing, misinterpreting, orbiting, picketing, piloting, pirating, plummeting, pocketing, profiting, prohibiting, ratcheting, reinterpreting, remarketing, revisiting, riveting, rocketing, skyrocketing, soliciting, targeting, telemarketing, ticketing, trumpeting, visiting, vomiting.
3	-t i ng	abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, disputing, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, Fetting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, pinpointing, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, prognosticating, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revolting, rewriting, roasting, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-g-i-i-i-n-q-s-t-u"
	-2 letters: dignities, distingue.
	-3 letters: dingiest, disquiet, disunite, dungiest, inquiets, nudities, questing, quieting, squinted, untidies.
	-4 letters: dieting, dingies, dunites, dusting, editing, gunites, ignited, ignites, indites, inquest, inquiet, nidgets, quintes, sueding, suiting, tidings, tineids, unities.
	-5 letters: degust, deigns, design, dieing, digest, digits, dinges, dingus, dunite, duties, equids, genius, guides, guised, gunite, gusted, ignite, indies, indite, indues, ingest.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-g-i-i-i-n-q-s-t-u"
	+2 letters: disquietingly.
	+5 letters: disequilibrating.
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