Another word for disturbing
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Adjective
Troubling to the mind or emotions
- Causing worry or anxiety.
- Tending to worry; anxious.
- That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing.
- Present participle of unsettle.
- Full of trouble.
- Uneasy; troubled.
- Causing trouble; troublesome.
- Characterized by or causing trouble or anxiety.
- Present participle of perturb.
- Intruding or tending to intrude.
- Of or relating to igneous rock that is forced while molten into cracks or between other layers of rock.
- Epenthetic.
- Causing or experiencing distress.
- Relating to, causing, or produced by disruption.
- Radically reconfiguring a particular field of business, as by implementing new technologies or a more competitive business model:
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Another word for disturbing
Modifier
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- Causing physical or mental fatigue; tedious or tiresome.
- Present participle of agitate.
- Present participle of embarrass.
- The action of the verb to embarrass.
- Causing embarrassment; makes you feel shy or ashamed; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable self-consciousness.
- Present participle of discommode.
- Present participle of impede.
- Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy:
- Foretelling events as if by divine inspiration:
- Of or producing a sensation of uneasiness or fear, as of things crawling on one's skin:
- Annoyingly unpleasant; repulsive:
- Suggesting or threatening harm or evil:
- Causing or intending harm or evil; wicked:
- Portending misfortune or disaster; ominous:
- Unfavorable; inauspicious:
- Present participle of harass.
- harassment
- Causing irritation, annoyance or pain.
- Stimulating or exciting a response.
- Present participle of irritate.
- Causing especially emotional depression.
- Dismal; dreary:
- Present participle of dismay.
- Present participle of discompose.
- Unsettling; tending to discompose
- Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting.
- Not known or established; questionable:
- Not determined; undecided:
- Not having sure knowledge:
- Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary:
- Showing or filled with gloom:
- Causing or producing gloom; depressing:
- of or characterized by pessimism; expecting the worst
- that discourages; disheartening; depressing
- Not accessible; hard to reach.
- Not suited to one's comfort, purpose, or needs:
- Inopportune:
- Causing fatigue or boredom, as from being unvarying or overly long; wearisome.
- Characterized by or requiring toil.
- Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
- Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
- Requiring great effort or endurance:
- Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
- Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
- Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:
- Requiring considerable effort or skill; not easy to do or accomplish:
- Not easy to endure; full of hardship or trouble; trying:
- Not easy to comprehend, solve, or explain:
- Marked by or requiring long, hard work:
- Hard-working; industrious.
- Causing extreme irritation or chagrin; vexing:
- Making or implying threats:
- Gving warning signs of bad weather:
- Causing the feeling that one's power, social standing, or self-esteem is in danger of being diminished:
- confusing or puzzling
- bewildering
- Present participle of perplex.
- Present participle of startle.
- Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.
- that vexes
- Causing or creating vexation; annoying:
- Causing strain, hardship, or distress.
- Weighing much or hard to carry; heavy.
- Causing hardship or distress.
- Causing worry or anxiety.
- Tending to worry; anxious.
- Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome.
- Entailing more liabilities than benefits or imposing significant obligations.
- Characterized by or causing trouble or anxiety.
- Not to one's liking; unpleasant or offensive.
- Having a quarrelsome, bad-tempered manner.
- Present participle of aggravate.
- Following as an effect, result, or conclusion; consequent.
- Having important consequences; significant:
- Important; influential:
- A sense of impending evil or misfortune.
- An evil omen; a portent.
- Ominous.
- Not favorable; not auspicious.
- Present participle of discomfort.
- Full of or giving pain:
- Causing mental anguish or suffering:
- Distressing or embarrassing:
- That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing.
- Present participle of unsettle.
- that alarms, or makes suddenly afraid or anxious; frightening
- Causing vexation or irritation; troublesome:
- Troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations:
- Not pleasing; disagreeable.
- Causing annoyance, weariness, or vexation:
- Causing bother; troublesome.
- Present participle of perturb.
- distressing, worrying
- Present participle of trouble.
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