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troubling

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verb

present participle of trouble

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Recent Examples of troubling
Adjective
If your child’s identity is troubling you, reach out to another parent who has made peace with it. Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 11 May 2025 The profile, however, reports some of his alleged erratic behavior, confusion, and troubling medical episodes. Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 9 May 2025 Listen to this article 5 min Shia LaBeouf is speaking candidly about a troubling time in his career. Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2025 The arrest of Mayor Baraka earlier this afternoon outside Delaney Hall in Newark is deeply troubling. Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for troubling
Recent Examples of Synonyms for troubling
Adjective
  • Proponents have long invoked civil rights language to promote vouchers, a disturbing rhetorical choice given vouchers originated as a tool for southern white parents to avoid the Supreme Court's desegregation order in Brown v. Board of Education.
    Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
  • Actress Isabella Rossellini reflects on the film’s disturbing material and autobiographical elements while resisting reductive interpretations.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • Overweight and obesity need to be treated safely and effectively to avoid that worrying forecast.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Conclusion While the Fed’s efforts to tame runaway inflation rates has helped market sentiments in the past, its recent hawkish outlook for 2025 is now worrying investors.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Truly pocket sized and weighing just 165g, FiiO says this is the ideal travel companion thanks to 12 hours of battery life and a two-hour fast-charge mode.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Recreationally, Schnell drives vehicles weighing more than 12,000 pounds for stadiums packed with fans.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • One of the most unsettling moments at UFC 315 occurred when Bruno Silva left the Octagon after suffering a knockout loss to Marc-Andre Barriault on the early prelims of the fight card.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • His Emilio is the protagonist and, although all the characters are given a shot at Death, Jacobs as Emilio is the most unsettling.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Rodin Cars The big idea behind Rodin is to build cars without bothering about vehicle regulations – in stark contrast to F1 cars, which are subject to several rules around how they're put together.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The city and state have also been ramping up efforts to engage troubled vagrants sleeping and sometimes bothering straphangers, connecting them with services and shelter and potentially involuntary treatment.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • These frightening and repulsive actions represent the most significant breach on our Capitol in over two hundred years.
    Sonam Sheth Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • Mellencamp's frightening diagnosis, though, hasn't stopped her resolve.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • Representative Mike Lawler of New York, who has hinted at ambitions for a governor bid in 2026, according to the New York Post, will need to walk a fine line between appeasing his party and not upsetting potential voters in his home state, which could put him at odds with Republicans.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • These weeds require control to prevent upsetting the entire turf ecosystem.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025

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“Troubling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troubling. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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