Definitions for Disturbing
dis·turb·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 3 votes

1. distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worryingadjective

   causing distress or worry or anxiety

   "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"

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1. disturbingadjective

   Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.

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1. disturbing

   Disturbing is an adjective used to describe something that causes distress, anxiety, discomfort, or unease, often due to it being shocking, upsetting, or unexpected. It can refer to actions, events, situations, images, or any aspect of existence that provokes a disconcerting emotional or mental response.

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1. Disturbing

   of Disturb

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Disturbing' in Adjectives Frequency: #1035

How to pronounce Disturbing?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Disturbing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Disturbing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Disturbing in a Sentence

1. Takao Someya:

   The ultimate goal of e-skin is to monitor all the different types of human information easily, anywhere and anytime, without disturbing daily activities.

2. Dan Donovan:

   Right now, a few clicks on a computer can allow a predator to order a vile child sex doll. This is not only disturbing – but also endangers the most innocent among us, once an abuser tires of practicing on a doll, it’s a small step to move on to a child.

3. Marco Rubio:

   The bottom line is, there's been this disturbing pattern the last couple of weeks of Ted Cruz saying things that are not true. Just in the last week, he's lied about my record on marriage. He's lied about my record on Planned Parenthood. Of course he lied about Ben Carson in Iowa. Last night Donald Trump says he's issuing robocalls, doing the same thing to him. And then he also isn't telling the truth about immigration.

4. Greg Abbott:

   The findings in their investigative report are beyond disturbing and raise serious concerns about the response that day, there are critical changes needed as a result of the Texas House’s findings.

5. Ami Bera:

   This disturbing crime is an outrage that goes against everything we stand for as a nation of immigrants, xenophobia and racism have no place in America, and we as a nation need to stand up to these hate crimes -- starting with the President.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Disturbing
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Disturbing
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Disturbing