adjective
- Not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety.
- synonyms: unreassuring
- Causing distress or worry or anxiety.
- usage: "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: distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrying
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