unsettling

Langue: fr

🇺🇸 /əˈnsɛtəlɪŋ/

📖 Définitions

adjective
inquiétant; déstabilisant

EN: Causing anxiety, unease, or disturbance; disquieting or troubling in a way that disrupts one's sense of comfort or stability.; Tending to disturb or disrupt a settled state, condition, or arrangement; destabilizing.
verb
troubler; déstabilisation; déstabilisant

EN: Present participle of 'unsettle'; the act of causing someone to feel anxious, disturbed, or uneasy.; Present participle of 'unsettle'; the act of disrupting or disturbing a settled order, arrangement, or state of affairs.; Present participle of 'unsettle'; the act of causing something to become physically unstable or dislodged from a fixed position.

🔗 Détails

Formes du mot

Comparatif: more unsettling Superlatif: most unsettling

Collocations

deeply unsettlingrather unsettlingunsettling experienceunsettling feelingunsettling truthfind unsettling

Dérivés

unsettleunsettledunsettlementunsettlingly

Synonymes

disturbingdisquietingunnervingtroublingdisconcertingperturbing

Antonymes

reassuringcomfortingcalmingsoothing

Souvent confondus

unsettled

EN: 'Unsettled' describes the person feeling uneasy (passive sense), while 'unsettling' describes the thing causing the unease (active sense).

fr: 'Unsettled' décrit la personne qui se sent mal à l'aise (sens passif), tandis que 'unsettling' décrit la chose qui cause ce malaise (sens actif).

unstable

EN: 'Unstable' means lacking stability or likely to change/collapse; 'unsettling' means causing emotional discomfort or anxiety.

fr: 'Unstable' signifie manquer de stabilité ou être susceptible de changer/s'effondrer ; 'unsettling' signifie causer un malaise émotionnel ou de l'anxiété.

Conseils d'orthographe

EN: Remember the double 't' in 'unsettling' (from 'unsettle'). Do not write 'unsetling'.

fr: N'oubliez pas le double 't' dans 'unsettling' (de 'unsettle'). N'écrivez pas 'unsetling'.

💬 Exemples

The unsettling silence in the abandoned house made her skin crawl.

Le silence inquiétant dans la maison abandonnée lui donnait la chair de poule.
The unsettling news of the company's restructuring left employees worried about their futures.

La nouvelle inquiétante de la restructuration de l'entreprise a laissé les employés préoccupés pour leur avenir.
The strange noises from the attic were unsettling the children.

Les bruits étranges du grenier inquiétaient les enfants.
The new policies are unsettling the established trade agreements between the two nations.

Les nouvelles politiques déstabilisent les accords commerciaux établis entre les deux nations.
The earthquake was unsettling the foundations of several old buildings in the district.

Le séisme déstabilisait les fondations de plusieurs vieux bâtiments du quartier.