unsettling

ADJECTIVE

disturbing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alarming creepy depressing disconcerting discouraging disquieting distressing frightening ominous painful perplexing startling troubling unpleasant worrisome worrying

STRONG

aggravating agitating annoying discommoding discomposing dismaying embarrassing foreboding harassing impeding irritating perturbing provoking threatening trying upsetting vexing

WEAK

bothersome burdensome consequential difficult disagreeable discomforting disruptive distressful gloomy hard inconvenient intrusive irksome laborious onerous pessimistic prophetic severe sinister tiresome toilsome troublesome troublous uncertain wearisome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

auspicious comforting delightful encouraging good happy pleasant pleasing

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unsettling

Continued melting could also gradually transform the island's unsettling appearance.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

The school-bus attendant had been spooked by unsettling anomalies before—footsteps when no one’s around, the TV suddenly powering on—but she figured there was a reasonable explanation for this incident.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

The level of coverage Harry and Meghan get is unsettling and, at times, irritating for the Royal Family.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Deviation from that storyline can be unsettling; repeat any denial often enough and it can, to some, begin to feel sincere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

And they helped me ride out the big, unsettling waves that sometimes hit without notice.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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