troubling
adjective
trou·bling
ˈtrə-b(ə-)liŋ 
: causing feelings of worry or anxiety
a troubling news report
It's not just trauma survivors who may be distracted or derailed by shocking or troubling material …—
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troublingly
adverb
Examples of troubling in a Sentence
the most troubling sign of all is that he's stopped returning my phone calls
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To have two concussions in 12 days is troubling, particularly since Tanev had a concussion history prior to that.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
There’s just no gilding that the Los Angeles Dodgers’ growing mastery of baseball is troubling for Padres Land.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
That’s troubling news for studio Neon and even scarier for writer/director Chris Stuckmann, a YouTube film critic from Ohio who made the leap to feature filmmaking in Hollywood thanks to Mike Flanagan.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2025
Sympathetic, apparently, to Geralt’s quest to save Ciri, Regis decides to join the gang on the road — though a closing shot of Regis privately savoring the scent of Geralt’s blood on a cloth raises some troubling questions for the show to answer down the road.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
There’s just no gilding that the Los Angeles Dodgers’ growing mastery of baseball is troubling for Padres Land.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
That’s troubling news for studio Neon and even scarier for writer/director Chris Stuckmann, a YouTube film critic from Ohio who made the leap to feature filmmaking in Hollywood thanks to Mike Flanagan.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2025
Sympathetic, apparently, to Geralt’s quest to save Ciri, Regis decides to join the gang on the road — though a closing shot of Regis privately savoring the scent of Geralt’s blood on a cloth raises some troubling questions for the show to answer down the road.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Troubling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troubling. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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