perturbing

ADJECTIVE

disturbing

Synonyms

STRONG

aggravating agitating alarming annoying depressing discommoding discomposing disconcerting discouraging dismaying disquieting distressing embarrassing foreboding frightening harassing impeding irritating perplexing provoking startling threatening troubling trying unsettling upsetting vexing worrying

WEAK

bothersome burdensome consequential creepy difficult disagreeable discomforting disruptive distressful gloomy hard inconvenient intrusive irksome laborious ominous onerous painful pessimistic prophetic severe sinister tiresome toilsome troublesome troublous uncertain unpleasant wearisome worrisome

Antonyms

STRONG

comforting encouraging happy pleasant pleasing soothing

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I was especially struck by an extremely perturbing exchange between the two, about what appears to be Summers’ embattled pursuit of a woman.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

“It’s perturbing and upsetting,” said Mark Bookbinder, a 68-year-old engineer who lives in Cincinnati.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

It’s a perturbing relationship; I feel as though my continued shunning of organized religion has in a sense estranged me from the memory of some very important people.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024

Changes in the spin state can be observed by shining a laser through the material to see how many defects are "on" or "off" after perturbing them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023

We are perturbing our poor planet in serious and contradictory ways.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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