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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
“We know the videos circulating are disturbing,” the department said in a Wednesday statement.
That this was even in question is both comical and disturbing, but I’m thankful for the outcome.
It probably wasn’t everyone, but it was pervasive and disturbing, and it made an impact on me.
To avoid disturbing the sites further, the team relied on radiocarbon dating of clam shells and deer bones that were originally collected some 50 years ago.
This setup allowed the team to measure how much extra effort it took to cross sargassum while observing the turtles without disturbing their behavior.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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