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disturbing
adjective as in disquieting
Strongest matches
alarming, annoying, bothersome, creepy, depressing, disconcerting, discouraging, distressing, embarrassing, frightening, irritating, ominous, painful, perplexing, sinister, startling, threatening, troublesome, troubling, unpleasant, unsettling, upsetting, vexing, worrisome, worrying
Strong matches
aggravating, agitating, discommoding, discomposing, dismaying, foreboding, harassing, impeding, perturbing, provoking, trying
Weak matches
burdensome, consequential, difficult, disagreeable, discomforting, gloomy, hard, inconvenient, irksome, laborious, onerous, pessimistic, prophetic, severe, tiresome, toilsome, uncertain, wearisome
Example Sentences
But in the middle of the night her mother awoke to a series of "disturbing" messages from her daughter, who had left their home, "which gave her an immediate cause for concern".
"I do not believe she is my sister. The fact Julia is doing this has caused me a great deal of stress and I find it deeply disturbing."
"She clearly altered or edited the pictures to make it look more like her, which is quite disturbing," she added.
“Boots” isn’t anywhere near as disturbing as, say, “Full Metal Jacket” — which Ray told Cam to watch to prepare, though he opted for a “Golden Girls” marathon instead.
He said it was disturbing to learn that the New Year’s fire allegedly was arson, but that the news on Wednesday raised more questions than answers.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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