Synonyms for disturbing
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dih-stur-bing |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstɜr bɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for disturbing
- aggravating
- agitating
- burdensome
- consequential
- difficult
- disagreeable
- discomforting
- discommoding
- discomposing
- dismaying
- foreboding
- gloomy
- harassing
- hard
- impeding
- inconvenient
- irksome
- irritating
- laborious
- ominous
- onerous
- painful
- perplexing
- perturbing
- pessimistic
- prophetic
- provoking
- severe
- sinister
- startling
- threatening
- tiresome
- toilsome
- troublesome
- troubling
- trying
- uncertain
- unpleasant
- unsettling
- upsetting
- vexing
- wearisome
- worrisome
- worrying
Définition of disturbing
Origin :- c.1300, "to stop or hinder," from Old French destorber (Old North French distourber) and directly from Latin disturbare "throw into disorder," from dis- "completely" (see dis-) + turbare "to disorder, disturb," from turba "turmoil" (see turbid).
- Meaning "to frighten" is late 13c.; that of "to stir up, agitate" is c.1300. Related: Disturbed; disturbing; disturbingly. Middle English also had distourbler (n.) "one who disturbs or incites" (late 14c.).
- adj disquieting
- She shivered a little; then tossed her head as if to throw off the disturbing thoughts.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- He was storm-tossed in the disturbing element; he could come to no satisfying conclusion.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- But Doctor Eben was in no danger of disturbing Hetty in this way.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- The sea-dragon cried: “Who is disturbing me here in my own kingdom?”
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Again, as with my father, I felt that disturbing lack of faith in my work.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- There are some other questions which are disturbing to us because we have no answer to them.
- Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
- The influence of individuals must always have been a disturbing element.
- Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
- The most disturbing sound you can hear on Mars is the whispering.
- Extract from : « The Man the Martians Made » by Frank Belknap Long
- There was a matter of course about his grandmother's attitude which was disturbing.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- And unless some of the hotel's "hired help" set about the disturbing it would be done for them.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Antonyms for disturbing
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