🇬🇧🇪🇸 unsettling - inquietante : English Lesson
adjective
Meaning of "unsettling" ("inquietante"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
When something is unsettling, it makes you feel worried, creeped out, or confused inside, like when things seem almost normal but just strange enough to give you a wiggly, nervous feeling in your stomach.
I found it unsettling that the cat stared at the empty corner of the room and then hissed at absolutely nothing.
The most unsettling part of the horror movie was that my dad screamed louder than I did.
I got an unsettling feeling when my little brother kindly offered to “fix” my video game controller with a hammer.
The baby’s unsettling talent was staring directly into your soul while slowly chewing on a sock.
The haunted house wasn’t as unsettling as the price of the snacks outside it.
She pushed open the empty house door; the silence felt unsettling. An old clock missed a beat, unsettling in the sitting room. A mirror showed a moving shadow, unsettling with each blink. Footsteps upstairs were unsettling because no one should be there. She climbed, found a scared cat, and laughed away the last unsettling fear.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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