disturbing

Definition for 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

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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

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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper earlier condemned spiking as "a disturbing and serious crime which can have a damaging and long-lasting impact on victims".

From BBC

It was released by Disney, an implausible partner for a filmmaker known for haunting, surrealistic and often deeply disturbing movies.

From Los Angeles Times

On Monday disturbing videos emerged showing the dire situation at the disused gold mine.

From BBC

But something disturbing dotted them Friday that I never would have expected:

From Los Angeles Times

This week -- nearly six decades later -- the lyrics took on eerie, disturbing resonance as the structure where the music originated burned to the ground.

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