Synonyms of distempering

distempering

verb

present participle of distemper

as in bothering

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

despite his career success, he has been distempered by nagging feelings of inadequacy his whole life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bothering
• distracting
• concerning
• disturbing
• alarming
• worrying
• unsettling
• discomposing
• agitating
• distressing
• haunting
• angering
• plaguing
• upsetting
• exercising
• undoing
• annoying
• derailing
• ailing
• disquieting
• perturbing
• discomforting
• irritating
• freaking (out)
• alaruming
• confusing
• hagriding
• unhinging
• weirding out
• flurrying
• dismaying
• rattling
• fussing
• embarrassing
• bugging
• chivying
• frazzling
• putting off
• aggravating
• putting out
• harassing
• nettling
• exasperating
• pestering
• chivvying
• discouraging
• harrying
• riling
• chafing
• shaking up
• flustering
• grating
• irking
• vexing
• getting
• fretting
• galling
• bedeviling
• piquing
• mortifying
• disconcerting
• discountenancing
• nonplussing
• peeving
• confounding
• jarring
• nonplusing
• abashing
• discomfiting
• demoralizing
• unnerving
• fazing
• daunting
• dispiriting
• disheartening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settling
• composing
• soothing
• calming
• quieting
• alleviating
• tranquilizing
• assuaging
• allaying
• tranquillizing
• appeasing
• placating
• conciliating
• mollifying
• pacifying
• propitiating