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

Hundreds of years on, and the location itself - dark and hidden - can still be unsettling, even to modern eyes.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The subgenre presents an unsettling deal, says Johnson: “that emerging into young adult womanhood, while legitimately horrifying, is also suddenly emerging into a kind of power that you’ve never had before.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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

The fourth wall was more of a museum, they supposed, but the fact that they weren’t sure was unsettling.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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