Synonyms for Troubling

Synonyms for "troubling" (114 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Adjective(6 words)

disturbing worrisome alarming concerning disconcerting dismaying

affecting aggravating agitating annoying bothering bothersome breathtaking chargedcliff hangingcliff-hanging deplorable difficult

Preposition(1 words)

concerning issues

Noun(3 words)

concerning policyconcerning the topicdiscomforting

Verb(1 words)

disquieted

Strong matches (34)

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inflammatory intoxicating irking irksome irritating jarring jolting

Adjective(7 words)

distressful distressing disturbethical crisisharass hinder impede

Related words (57)

maddeningmind blowingmind-blowing moving overcoming overmastering overpowering overwhelming painful perturbing pesky pestering pestiferous pestilent pestilential piquant plaguesome plaguey plaguing provocative

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Adjective(9 words)

nag perplexing perturbing pester scary unnerving upset worry worrying

Noun(1 words)

wrestling

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

5 entries

emotional descriptorethical descriptorpolicy descriptorqualitative descriptortransitive verb

More specific

14 entries

alarm badgereconomic concernethical issuefrustrate hamper harry impedemoral hazardnag perturbpolicy failuresafety riskunnerve

Collocations

8 entries

troubling datatroubling effecttroubling findingtroubling implicationtroubling implicationstroubling questiontroubling resulttroubling trend

Inflections

4 entries

more troublingmost troublingtroubled troubles

Derivations

4 entries

trouble troublemaker troublesome troublesomeness

similar

1 entries

heavy

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He was ashamed of troubling you.

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A black crocodile, troubling his rest, grabbed him suddenly by his rough and heavy foot.

Source: tatoeba (569078)

Bert's bisexuality was troubling Tom and excited Mary.

Source: tatoeba (1076985)

That's troubling.

Source: tatoeba (1520377)

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