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Definitions for troubling
trou·bling
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Princeton's WordNet
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
troublingadjective
distressing, worrying
Webster Dictionary
Troubling
of Trouble
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of troubling in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of troubling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of troubling in a Sentence
It is very troubling.
It is very troubling that there are children and parents who are not in some kind of government tracking system.
This has been a sad and deeply troubling situation for our students and our staff, and for our faculty, who stand for much nobler values than those expressed by this particular professor.
We got a trial by residents of a small judicial district who in one way or another were almost all impacted by the events of January 6, and I think that raises some real troubling issues.
This is a troubling time for all investors, making moves at this juncture is just going to cause more problems.
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