disquieting

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   causing mental discomfort

   the disquieting sounds of nearby gunfire

2. 2
   adj

   Causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting; making uneasy.

   It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.

3. 3
   noun

   The act by which someone or something is disquieted.

   Thus we see the intuition of divine truth in minds of defiled affections, worketh not that sweet effect which is natural unto it to produce; but doubtings, terrors, and disquietings of conscience […]

4. 4
   verb

   present participle and gerund of disquiet.

Etymology

From disquiet + -ing.