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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
Helen Tager-Flusberg, director of Boston University's Center for Autism Research Excellence, called the changes "terribly disturbing."
But closer inspection reveals a disturbing array of figures including people with warped faces, a snowman with strange facial features, and dogs with the heads of birds all bizarrely splashing through water.
Speaking afterwards, the PM's press secretary said: "These are disturbing allegations and it is vital that Nigel Farage urgently explains himself."
Suddenly, I see disturbing images and gruesome visions in Tano’s eyes.
“I wonder if Miss Mortimer received my most recent correspondence? In it, I told her of my disturbing suspicions regarding Judge Quinzy, yet she does not mention it here at all.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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