Synonyms for disturbing
- adjective
Most common
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Adjective
1. Troubling
troubling, alarming, worrisome, distressing, worrying, perturbing, distressful, disturbful, alarmful
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
His behaviour is very disturbing.
Example sentences
- alarming The Gobi Desert is expanding at an alarming rate.
- troubling I can't believe that's what's really troubling Tom.
- distressing Yanni went through a distressing event.
- worrisome Lorenzo became a very worrisome man in his old age.
- intrusive Miroslav apologized for being intrusive at the beginning.
- bothersome Why are misogynists such bothersome creatures?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disturbing | steady | |
| alarming | steady | |
| troubling | rising | |
| distressing | steady | |
| worrisome | rising | |
| intrusive | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- moving2
- 8 letters
- worrying3, alarming3, alarmful
- 9 letters
- troubling3, intrusive3, worrisome3
- 10 letters
- bothersome3, perturbing3, disturbful
- 11 letters
- distressing3, distressful
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (moving2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dérangeant