disturbing

disturbing

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtɜːbɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bɪŋ

Adjective

disturbing (comparative more disturbing, superlative most disturbing)

1. Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:

     I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.

Translations

causing distress or worry

Belarusian: трыво́жны (tryvóžny) (alarming) Dutch: verontrustend (nl) Esperanto: angoriga Finnish: järkyttävä (fi), häiritsevä (fi), levottomuutta herättävä French: dérangeant (fr), perturbant (fr) German: störend (de) Greek: ενοχλητικός (el) (enochlitikós) Ancient: ταρακτικός (taraktikós)

Italian: agghiacciate (it), inquietante (it) Russian: беспоко́ящий (ru) (bespokójaščij), трево́жащий (ru) (trevóžaščij), трево́жный (ru) (trevóžnyj), волну́ющий (ru) (volnújuščij) Spanish: inquietante, perturbador, asombrante Turkish: rahatsız edici Ukrainian: триво́жний (tryvóžnyj) (alarming)

Verb

disturbing

1. present participle of disturb