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unsettling
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unsettling
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disturbing |
| Synonyms: | aggravating, agitating, alarming, annoying, bothersome, burdensome, consequential, creepy, depressing, difficult, disagreeable, discomforting, discommoding, discomposing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, disquieting, disruptive, distressful, distressing, embarrassing, foreboding, frightening, gloomy, harassing, hard, impeding, inconvenient, intrusive, irksome, irritating, laborious, ominous, onerous, painful, perplexing, perturbing, pessimistic, prophetic, provoking, severe, sinister, startling, threatening, tiresome, toilsome, troublesome, troubling, troublous, trying, uncertain, unpleasant, upsetting, vexing, wearisome, worrisome, worrying |
| Main Entry: | confusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorientation |
| Synonyms: | abashing, abashment, addling, agitation, befuddlement, befuddling, bemusement, bewilderment, blurring, chagrin, cluttering, commotion, confounding, demoralization, disarranging, discomfiting, discomfiture, disorientation, distraction, disturbing, dither, dumbfounding, embarrassing, embarrassment, embroiling, flap, fluster, lather, mixup mystification, obscuring, perplexing, perplexity, perturbation, pother, puzzlement, stew, stirring up, tangling, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unsettling, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | clarity, order, organization, orientation, sense |
| Main Entry: | disquieting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upsetting |
| Synonyms: | annoying, bothersome, disconcerting, distressing, disturbing, irritating, perplexing, perturbing, troublesome, troubling, unnerving, unsettling, vexing, worrying |
| Antonyms: | calming, pleasing, settling, soothing |
| Main Entry: | disruptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing trouble, confusion |
| Synonyms: | disorderly, distracting, disturbing, obstreperous, off-base, out-of-line, out-of-order, rowdy, troublemaking, troublesome, unruly, unsettling, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | calming, disciplined, settling, soothing, well-behaved |
| Main Entry: | confusing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | puzzling |
| Synonyms: | baffling, befuddling, bewildering, blurring, complex, complicated, confounding, difficult, disconcerting, disorienting, involved, mystifying, perplexing, unsettling, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | clear, orderly, reassuring |
| Main Entry: | disturbing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disquieting |
| Synonyms: | aggravating, agitating, alarming, annoying, bothersome, burdensome, consequential, creepy, depressing, difficult, disagreeable, discomforting, discommoding, discomposing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, distressing, embarrassing, foreboding, frightening, gloomy, harassing, hard, impeding, inconvenient, irksome, irritating, laborious, ominous, onerous, painful, perplexing, perturbing, pessimistic, prophetic, provoking, severe, sinister, startling, threatening, tiresome, toilsome, troublesome, troubling, trying, uncertain, unpleasant, unsettling, upsetting, vexing, wearisome, worrisome, worrying |
| Main Entry: | jarring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | jolting |
| Synonyms: | agitating, bouncy, bumpy, crushing, disconcerting, jerky, jiggly, jouncy, jumpy, rocky, rough, shaking, smashing, staggering, uneven, unsettling, wiggly, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | firm, smooth, steady |
| Main Entry: | worrying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troubling |
| Synonyms: | bothersome, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, unsettling, worrisome |
| Main Entry: | demoralizing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disheartening |
| Synonyms: | depressing, disappointing, discouraging, dispiriting, distressing, unsettling, upsetting |
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