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disturbing

  • adjective
  • /dɪsˈtɜː.bɪŋ/

Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.

Example

“A disturbing film that tries to explore the mind of a serial killer.”

Related words

  • disturbingness
  • nondisturbing
  • undisturbing
  • disturbingly

Example sentences

  • “There is something disturbing about this.”

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Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “disturbing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.