disturbing en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /dɪsˈtɝ.bɪŋ/ (US)
- /dɪsˈtɜː.bɪŋ/ (UK)
Meanings
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Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:His behaviour is very disturbing.
A disturbing film that tries to explore the mind of a serial killer.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more disturbing | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most disturbing | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
disturbingness · undisturbing · nondisturbing · disturbingly
Translations (34)
la aerumnābilis (causing distress or worry) · es inquietante (causing distress or worry) · it inquietante (causing distress or worry) · la anxifer (causing distress or worry) · hu felkavaró (causing distress or worry) · ca pertorbador (causing distress or worry) · es perturbador (causing distress or worry) · fr dérangeant (causing distress or worry) · es da yuyu (causing distress or worry) · ca inquietant (causing distress or worry) · hu nyugtalanító (causing distress or worry) · fr perturbant (causing distress or worry) · sv obehaglig (causing distress or worry) · ru трево́жный (causing distress or worry) · eo angoriga (causing distress or worry) · es traumático (causing distress or worry) · fi häiritsevä (causing distress or worry) · el ενοχλητικός (causing distress or worry) · fi levottomuutta herättävä (causing distress or worry) · ru волну́ющий (causing distress or worry) · pl niepokojący (causing distress or worry) · de verstörend (causing distress or worry) · ru трево́жащий (causing distress or worry) · hu aggasztó (causing distress or worry) · uk триво́жний (causing distress or worry) · cmn 令人不安的 (causing distress or worry) · it agghiacciate (causing distress or worry) · ru беспоко́ящий (causing distress or worry) · grc ταρακτικός (causing distress or worry) · nl verontrustend (causing distress or worry) · tr rahatsız edici (causing distress or worry) · be трыво́жны (causing distress or worry) · es turbio (causing distress or worry) · fi järkyttävä (causing distress or worry)