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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

agitating, alarming, annoying, awing, bothersome, breathtaking, chafing, charged, chilling, cliff-hanging, daunting, deterrent, deterring, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, distracting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, electric, exciting, exhilarating, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearsome, fretting, frightening, frightful, galvanic, harassing, heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, impressive, inflammatory, intoxicating, jarring, jolting, maddening, mind-blowing, moving, overawing, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, perturbing, piquant, plaguing, provocative, provoking, ravishing, scaring, scary, soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, startling, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, striking, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling, thrilly, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, unsettling, upsetting, worrisome, worrying

Dictionary Results for disquieting:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

disquieting
    adj 1: causing mental discomfort; "the disquieting sounds of
           nearby gunfire"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Disquiet \Dis*qui"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disquieted; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Disquieting.]
   To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility;
   to make uneasy or restless; to disturb.
   [1913 Webster]

         Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou
         disquieted within me?                    --Ps. xlii.
                                                  11.
   [1913 Webster]

         As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. --Sir
                                                  W. Scott.

   Syn: To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate.
        [1913 Webster]

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