disturbing
adjective /dɪˈstɜː.bɪŋ/
/-ˈstɝː-/ Definition
C2 making you feel worried or upset: The Home Secretary described the latest crime figures as 'disturbing'. The following programme contains scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers.Causing anxiety and worryMaking people sad, shocked and upset disturbingly /-li/ adverb › Pollution has reached disturbingly high levels in some urban areas.Causing anxiety and worryMaking people sad, shocked and upset
(Definition of disturbing adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- alarm verb
- alarming adjective
- catch up with sb phrasal verb (CAUSE PROBLEMS)
- come back to bite sb idiom
- come back/home to roost idiom
- concerning adjective
- disturb verb (WORRY)
- dread verb
- flap verb (BEHAVE NERVOUSLY)
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- give sb the jitters idiom
- gnaw verb (FEEL WORRIED)
- harass verb
- haunt verb (REPEATEDLY TROUBLE)
- stressful adjective
- tense adjective (NERVOUS)
- troubling adjective
- unnerve verb
- unsettling adjective (WORRYING)
- weigh on sb/sth phrasal verb
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Causing anxiety and worry
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