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dis·turb·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. disturbingadjective

    Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.

ChatGPT

  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.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Disturbing

    of Disturb

British National Corpus

  1. Adjectives Frequency

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

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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. Heidi Heitkamp:

    We cannot survive a trade war, this kind of disruption to a fragile farm economy is very disturbing.

  2. Gavin Gibbons:

    It's not only disturbing, it's disheartening because our companies have zero tolerance for labor abuses, these type of things flourish in the shadows.

  3. 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.

  4. Azriel Clary:

    It was very disturbing to have to relive those moments, a piece of me was happy because I felt like this person no longer has control over me. You don't tell me what to do and what to wear and where to go and how long to be in a room anymore.

  5. Beverly Kopper:

    Last night a disturbing racist post that was made to social media was brought to my attention, this post was hurtful and destructive to our campus community. While social media can certainly bring about positive change, it can also be a place that deeply hurts and harms others.

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