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unquieting

unquieting is the present participle and gerund of unquiet.

Meaning of unquiet

Verb

unquiet (third-person singular simple present unquiets, present participle unquieting, simple past and past participle unquieted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To disquiet (someone or something); to disturb.
    • Butt the unbelevinge iewes, steryd uppe and unquyeted the myndes off the gentyles agaynste the brethren.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts

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Questions about unquieting

What is unquieting the present participle and gerund of?
Unquieting is the present participle and gerund of unquiet.

Words near unquieting in the dictionary

  1. unquiet
  2. unquietable
  3. unquieted
  4. unquieter
  5. unquietest
  6. unquieting
  7. unquietly
  8. unquietness
  9. unquietnesses
  10. unquiets
  11. unquietude

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