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Synonyms & Antonyms of disturbing
(Entry 1 of 2)
- a disturbing visit by the next-door neighbor while I was trying to study
Synonyms for disturbing
- abrasive,
- aggravating,
- annoying,
- bothersome,
- carking,
- chafing,
- exasperating,
- frustrating,
- galling,
- irksome,
- irritating,
- maddening,
- nettlesome,
- nettling,
- peeving,
- pesky,
- pestiferous,
- pestilent,
- pestilential,
- pesty,
- plaguey
- (also plaguy),
- rankling,
- rebarbative,
- riling,
- vexatious,
- vexing
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- there was a disturbing silence as I struggled to remember her name
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- a disturbing trend in the nation's energy consumption
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- comforting,
- consoling,
- dreamy,
- inviting,
- lulling,
- narcotic,
- pacifying,
- relaxing,
- sedative,
- tranquilizing
- (also tranquillizing)
Antonyms for disturbing
- a disturbing pause in the normally smooth operation of the machinery
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disturbing
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of disturbing (Entry 2 of 2)
- all that talk of war disturbed us
Synonyms for disturbing
- agitating,
- ailing,
- alarming
- (also alaruming),
- bothering,
- concerning,
- derailing,
- discomforting,
- discomposing,
- dismaying,
- disquieting,
- distempering,
- distracting,
- distressing,
- exercising,
- flurrying,
- frazzling,
- freaking (out),
- fussing,
- hagriding,
- perturbing,
- undoing,
- unhinging,
- unsettling,
- upsetting,
- weirding out,
- worrying
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- aggravating,
- angering,
- annoying,
- bugging,
- chafing,
- chivying
- (or chivvying),
- exasperating,
- fretting,
- galling,
- getting,
- grating,
- harassing,
- harrying,
- irking,
- irritating,
- nettling,
- peeving,
- pestering,
- piquing,
- putting off,
- putting out,
- riling,
- vexing
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Antonyms for disturbing
- calming,
- composing,
- quieting,
- settling,
- soothing,
- tranquilizing
- (also tranquillizing)
- the items on her desk had been disturbed by someone
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- embedding
- (also imbedding),
- entrenching
- (also intrenching),
- implanting,
- ingraining
- (also engraining),
- lodging,
- rooting
- her careful filing system is sure to be disturbed during the move
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Antonyms for disturbing
- sorry to disturb you while you're working
Synonyms for disturbing
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- aggravating,
- annoying,
- bedeviling,
- chafing,
- deviling
- (or devilling),
- dogging,
- dunning,
- exasperating,
- fretting,
- galling,
- getting,
- gnawing,
- grating,
- hassling,
- irking,
- irritating,
- nettling,
- peeving,
- persecuting,
- piquing,
- putting out,
- rankling,
- rasping,
- riling,
- roiling,
- tormenting,
- vexing,
- worrying
- angering,
- antagonizing,
- enraging,
- incensing,
- inflaming
- (also enflaming),
- infuriating,
- maddening,
- outraging
Near Antonyms for disturbing
- please do not disturb yourself—I'll get my own drink
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- fettering,
- hampering,
- hamstringing,
- handicapping,
- hindering,
- hobbling,
- holding back,
- holding up,
- impeding,
- inhibiting,
- interfering (with),
- manacling,
- obstructing,
- shackling,
- trammeling
- (or trammelling),
- tying up
- (or tieing up)
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“Disturbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disturbing. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of disturbing was in 1594
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