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disturbing

[ dih-stur-bing ]

/ dɪˈstɜr bɪŋ /

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adjective

upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.

Origin of disturbing

First recorded in 1585–95; disturb + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM disturbing

dis·turb·ing·ly, adverb non·dis·turb·ing, adjective un·dis·turb·ing, adjective un·dis·turb·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby disturbing

distrust, distrustful, disturb, disturbance, disturbed, disturbing, disty., distyle, disubstituted, disulfate, disulfide

Example sentences from the Web for disturbingly

Amina Alzouma (“Young Girl”) surprised us all with her disturbingly beautiful displays of vulnerability and intensity.

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Diplomatic relations between the United States and Russia are at a disturbingly low ebb.

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Thus, starting last summer, cases of measles and—most disturbingly—polio among unvaccinated children were identified in Syria.

U.N. Calls Middle East Polio Outbreak ‘Greatest Polio Challenge in History’ |Kent Sepkowitz |April 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Yet the activists, for all their feminist rhetoric, are indeed promoting a disturbingly paternalistic view of women.

Sex, Booze, and Feminism |Cathy Young |February 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Catapulting “Achy Breaky 2” from weird to disturbingly weird is the insane amount of young, naked cyborg flesh on display.

You Can't Unsee Billy Ray Cyrus’s Pseudo Hip Hop ‘Achy Breaky 2’ |Amy Zimmerman |February 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It seemed so disturbingly quiet that I even forgot about the hat.

The Prairie Mother |Arthur Stringer
And there is something so disturbingly immuring and depersonalizing about it!

The Prairie Mother |Arthur Stringer
He was ridiculously conscious of that tense little figure by the fire with the disturbingly friendly eyes.

Jimsy |Leona Dalrymple
I stood still, touched by the new glory of light falling on me; it was a new world—new and familiar, yet disturbingly beautiful.

Romance |Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
There is not a subtle 72 phrase or a disturbingly new thought, from start to finish.

When Winter Comes to Main Street |Grant Martin Overton

British Dictionary definitions for disturbingly

disturbing

/ (dɪˈstɜːbɪŋ) /

adjective

tending to upset or agitate; troubling; worrying

Derived forms of disturbing

disturbingly, adverb