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unnerving
adjective as in appalling
adjective as in disquieting
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adjective as in frightful/frightening
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- alarming
- appalling
- atrocious
- awesome
- awful
- chilling
- daunting
- dire
- direful
- dismaying
- disquieting
- dread
- dreadful
- fearful
- fearsome
- formidable
- ghastly
- grabber
- grim
- grisly
- gruesome
- hair-raising
- hairy
- harrowing
- hideous
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrid
- horrifying
- inconceivable
- intimidating
- lurid
- macabre
- menacing
- morbid
- ominous
- petrifying
- portentous
- repellent
- spooky
- terrible
- terrifying
- traumatic
- unspeakable
adjective as in nightmarish
adjective as in scary
adjective as in terrible
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adjective as in worrisome
Example Sentences
Seeing how easily Elphaba’s good nature is twisted to fit the agenda of those who seek uniformity and total control is unnervingly parallel to the racist rhetoric so often parroted by conservative mouthpieces.
The episodes unfold with the thrilling speed and sense of unnerving propulsion, but there’s also space for the audience to better understand what drives the assassin and the spy who’s looking for him.
“Madame President” would be a new thing for America and it’s reasonable to assume that while many voters love the idea, some find the novelty a little unnerving.
It's unnerving when she slams her hands against a table and storms out.
It was unnerving to receive a flood of notices; the Instagram video was viewed hundred, thousands, then millions of times.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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