different between unsettling vs annoying

English

Adjective

unsettling (comparative more unsettling, superlative most unsettling)

1. That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing.

Translations

Verb

unsettling

1. present participle of unsettle

Noun

unsettling (plural unsettlings)

1. The weakening of some previously established system or norm.
   • 2013, Krishna Sen, Maila Stivens, Gender and Power in Affluent Asia (page 19)

     But reconstructing theory has proved more problematic than feminists might have hoped, even as their efforts played an important if sometimes overlooked part in post-modern unsettlings of theories in the West.

English

Etymology

annoy +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n??.??/
• Rhymes: -????

Adjective

annoying (comparative more annoying, superlative most annoying)

1. Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

Derived terms

• annoyingly

Translations

Verb

annoying

1. present participle of annoy

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:annoying

Translations

Noun

annoying (plural annoyings)

1. (rare) That which annoys; an annoyance.

References

• annoying in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• annoying in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• yangonin