perturbing

  • (s) 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
    distressful, distressing, disturbing, troubling, worrying, worrisome,

Synonyms

distressful distressing disturbing troubling worrying worrisome

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