Synonyms and Antonyms of disturbing
1
causing annoyance - a disturbing visit by the next-door neighbor while I was trying to study
abrasive, aggravating, annoying, bothersome, chafing, exasperating, frustrating, galling, irksome, irritating, maddening, nettlesome, nettling, peeving, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, pesty, rankling, riling, vexatious, vexing
burdensome, discomforting, displeasing, disquieting, distressing, importunate, importune, inconveniencing
angering, enraging, infuriating
brattish, bratty, mischievous, offensive, troublesome, upsetting
distractive, painful, stressful, tiresome, troubling, trying, worrisome
biting, grating, jangling, jarring, spiny, thorny
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causing embarrassment - There was a disturbing silence as I struggled to remember her name.
confusing, difficult, disagreeable, impossible, inconvenient, intolerable, troublesome, unpleasant, unwieldy
unsettling
debasing, degrading, demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying
3
causing worry or anxiety - a disturbing trend in the nation's energy consumption
discomforting, discomposing, disquieting, distressing, nagging, nasty, perturbing, troublesome, troubling, troublous, unsettling, upsetting, worrisome
daunting, demoralizing, discomfiting, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, dispiriting
chilling, frightening, scary
alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, scary, shocking, terrible, terrifying
calming, quieting, settling, soothing
comforting, consoling, lulling, narcotic, pacifying, relaxing, sedative, tranquilizing (also tranquillizing)
4
marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings - The car made a disturbing noise.
agitating, anxious, creepy, disquieting, distressful, distressing, fraught, hairy, nerve-racking (or nerve-wracking), nervous, restless, tense, uneasy, unnerving, unsettling, worrisome
