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?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Marcus Thornton:

   You know, it's ironic and really disturbing that in the last several in the last five years, I've received multiple awards for my work, fighting for and defending human rights, fighting for and defending religious freedom, and now over the past year, the government has threatened me with termination, excluded me from the workforce, discriminated against me and subjected me to harassment, for standing up for those very principles, for human rights and for religious freedom and for the right to bodily autonomy and medical choice.

2. Marilyn Ferguson:

   The most disturbing and wasteful emotions in modern life, next to fright, are those which are associated with the idea of blame, directed against the self or against others.

3. Timothy Snyder:

   This is what I find very disturbing about Mr. McCarthy visiting Mr. President Trump.

4. James Augustine:

   This is as disturbing a problem as we have seen in emergency care, we don't have the medicines we need.

5. Rio Games:

   We know it spreads easily and that's disturbing. ... But we're also at the height of the flu season which traditionally is January and February in the winter and then it tapers off and goes down in the warmer months, so if it follows that kind of a pattern, by the time we get to April, May and June it may be a thing of the past.

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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
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disturbing