disturbing
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- causing distress or worry or anxiety“distressing (or disturbing) news”“lived in heroic if something distressful isolation”“a disturbing amount of crime”“a revelation that was most perturbing”“a new and troubling thought”“in a particularly worrisome predicament”“a worrying situation”“a worrying time”Synonyms: distressingdistressfulperturbingtroublingworrisomeworrying
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Disturb \Dis*turb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disturbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disturbing.] [OE. desturben, destourben, OF. destorber, desturber, destourber, fr. L. disturbare, disturbatum; dis- + turbare to disturb, trouble, turba disorder, tumult, crowd. See Turbid.]
1.To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest. [1913 Webster]
Preparing to disturb With all-cofounding war the realms above.— Cowper.[1913 Webster]
The bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to disturb authority.— Burke.[1913 Webster]
2.To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy. [1913 Webster]
3.To turn from a regular or designed course. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
And disturb His inmost counsels from their destined aim.— Milton.
Syn: To disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest; perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle. [1913 Webster]