unsettling

Definitions

Causing anxiety, uneasiness, or disturbance.

Disconcerting or upsetting to one's composure.

Examples

The abandoned house had an unsettling atmosphere that made us want to leave immediately.

It was deeply unsettling to hear the stranger whispering my name in the dark.

The sudden change in his behavior was quite unsettling to his closest friends.

Synonyms

disturbing disconcerting unnerving troubling disquieting alarming distressing

Antonyms

comforting reassuring calming soothing relaxing pleasant agreeable