Disturbing synonyms
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Part of speech:
The definition of irk is to annoy.
Irritating; vexing; bothersome
Dismal; dreary:
Unsettling; tending to discompose
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arranging (antonym)
To put in the correct, proper, or suitable order
Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening
Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
The definition of bothersome is someone or something that is annoying or troublesome.
Disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; bothersome; annoying; irritating; wearisome; tedious.
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That provokes; esp., annoying or vexing
That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing.
Distressing or embarrassing:
Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.
Characterized by foreboding
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Having important consequences; significant:
The definition of troublesome is someone or something that causes problems or that is annoying or difficult.
(Law) Entailing more liabilities than benefits or imposing significant obligations.
The definition of burdensome is something that is hard to deal with, or that places too great of expectations.
The definition of trying is defined as an irritating person or thing.
(Law, of an action) Commenced for the purpose of giving trouble, without due cause.
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That vexes
Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.
Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.
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Marked by or requiring long, hard work:
(Often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
Causing great discomfort, damage, or distress:
Lacking in shade; undiminished:
Characterized by or requiring toil.
The definition of tiresome is something tedious, boring or exceedingly dull.
Not favorable to one's comfort; difficult to do, use, or get to; causing trouble or bother; unhandy
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That causes discouragement
Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness.
Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary:
Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm; unsettling; troubling; upsetting.
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Suggesting or threatening harm or evil:
Of, having the nature of, or containing a prophecy
Causing embarrassment; makes you feel shy or ashamed; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable self-consciousness.
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Causing physical or mental fatigue; tedious or tiresome.
causing worry
causing anxiety
not propitious
not encouraging
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ominous (related)
Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.
Radically reconfiguring a particular field of business, as by implementing new technologies or a more competitive business model:
The definition of distressful is something that causes pain, unhappiness, anxiety or fear.
The definition of intrusive is someone or something that invades personal space, that becomes too involved or that comes too close without being invited.
Causing trouble; troublesome.
pain (related)
Troubling to the mind or emotions
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To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
Interrupt is defined as to stop or cause something to stop for a period of time.
Unnerve is defined as to cause fear or loss of confidence.
To tamper is to interfere with something you shouldn't in a harmful way or to change something you shouldn't change.
To stir up; agitate
To stir or move from a state of calm or order
To annoy, interfere with, or meddle with so as to trouble or harm, or with intent to trouble or harm
The definition of intrude is to butt in where you aren't invited or to become involved in something where you don't belong.
(Intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
To bother; to discomfort
To bother; inconvenience
To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
Excite is defined as to stir up emotions, action or strong reactions.
To distract is defined as to draw someone's attention away from something and on to something else.
To break apart or alter so as to prevent normal or expected functioning:
Discomfit is defined as to cause someone to feel uneasy or embarrassed.
To undo the order or arrangement of; make less neat; disorder
To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; bewilder or perplex.
To worry or trouble, esp. with petty annoyances; harass, pester, etc.
Boil means to change or be changed from a liquid to a gas, or to get very mad.
The definition of arouse is to awake.
To be the cause of pain or distress to; trouble
To cause to lose hope or enthusiasm; dispirit.
To cause (one's voice) to seem to come from a source other than oneself.
(By extension) To confuse, befuddle, throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion.
To cause displeasure or annoyance.
To cause to feel resentment or indignation.
To exasperate is defined as to cause someone to become greatly irritated or annoyed.
To cause anxiety or uneasiness in:
To cause physical pain to; hurt:
To cause pain or suffering to; distress very much
(Archaic) To hurt or harm.
To offend, insult, or wrong grievously
To vex; harass; trouble; torment
To annoy or harass persistently; pester; nag
(Archaic) To frighten; terrify
(Physics) To push aside and occupy the physical space of (a volume of fluid):
To throw into disorder; disarrange
To spill, roll out, or emerge in confusion or disorder:
Muddle is defined as to mix up, confuse or think in a confused way, or to mix up a drink.
To be mixed in a confused way:
To disrupt or break up the order, arrangement, or system of; throw into confusion or disorder
To be successful in coming or going:
To irritate; vex; annoy; worry
To annoy; vex:
To annoy; pester.
To get rid of; throw away; discard
To confuse; agitate
To shift is to move or change, or to cause something else to move or change.
To stir the emotions:
To put something out of its usual place
sorting (antonym)
To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
organizing (antonym)
locating (antonym)
To locate is defined as to find something.
ordering (antonym)
To request to be supplied with:
appeasing (antonym)
To pacify or quiet, esp. by giving in to the demands of
soothing (antonym)
To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
quieting (antonym)
In a quiet manner
pacifying (antonym)
To calm or soothe (a feeling, such as anger).
reassuring (antonym)
To assure again; repeat a confident declaration or promise
comforting (antonym)
Comfort means to give a sense of peace to someone.
calming (antonym)
To make or become calm or quiet:
shocking (related)
bizarre (related)
terrifying (related)
revealing (related)
chilling (related)
gruesome (related)
poignant (related)
puzzling (related)
happy (related)
Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.
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