Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
- v. present participle of disturb.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. causing distress or worry or anxiety
Examples
“A Muslim group here in Washington, D.C., now revealing what it knows about the investigation, and what it describes as a disturbing farewell video left before they headed off.”
“China, Russia, even Iran, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says they're all gaining influence in South America, details of what she calls a disturbing trend.”
“JENNIFER PHILLIPS, REPORTER, WHNS (voice over): As students at Clemson University head to class, some are taking a break to talk about what they call disturbing pictures, pictures taken at an off - campus party.”
“JENNIFER PHILLIPS, WHNS REPORTER (voice-over): As students at Clemson University head to class, some are taking a break to talk about what they call disturbing pictures, pictures taken at an off - campus party.”
“Last week, Allen's campaign highlighted what it called disturbing, sexually graphic passages from several military novels Webb has written.”
“And he's concerned about what he calls a disturbing loss.”
CNN Transcript - Special Event: People Count: Hot on the Trail - April 23, 2000
“At the same time we confess that what we call disturbing causes are simply those parts of the true circumstances which we do not know or have neglected, and we endeavour in future to take account of them.”
“Seven months later, a computer technician working on Ratigan's laptop found hundreds of what he called "disturbing" images of children, most of them fully clothed with the focus on their crotch areas, and a series of pictures of a 2- to 3-year-old girl with her genitals exposed.”
“The judge cited what he described as a disturbing pattern of threats.”
“Last December, a computer technician found on Ratigan's laptop hundreds of what he called "disturbing" images of children, most of them fully clothed with the focus on their crotch areas, and a series of pictures of a 2- to 3-year-old girl with her genitals exposed.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘disturbing’.
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macabre
words associated with the macabre & horror.
( open list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.co...ghastly, grisly, culeus, silly, gruesome, horrid, morbid, angelic, shocking, hideous, ghoulish, frightful and 136 more...
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ghost
This is Ghost List 2 ( the kind that go 'boo!' ) :P
( open list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/macabrephantom, spectral, specter, spectre, spooky, poltergeist, haunt, spirit, banshee, cryptic, shadow, phantasm and 311 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Apples to Apples: Green Cards
A complete list of the green cards (adjectives) from the popular word game.
absurd, addictive, adorable, aged, American, ancient, animated, annoying, appetizing, arrogant, awesome, awkward and 237 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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GPaX. Words.
excogitate, clarity, obscurity, tangential, interesting, regurgitate, mycelium, degradation, unladen, swallow, klein, quote and 120 more...
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_mark's keywords ™
words that describe me or that i am focusing on.
( personal list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/personas--2<...satirical, dark, enigmatic, androgyny, appreciative, opinionated, inquisitive, sensitive, nonchalant, acerbic, scientific, circumspective and 219 more...
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adjectives
sartorial, saucy, wieldy, wuthering, dilapidated, rough-and-ready, flabbergasted, ravishing, seminal, snooty, galore, scrumptious and 386 more...
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Common but Humorous Adjectives
They're not exotic, they just sound funny in conversation. Example: "a 'disturbing' amount of toilet paper." ...or maybe it's just my stupid sense of humor.
unseemly, curious, disturbing, ungainly, disconcerting, heinous, scathing, ridiculous, classy
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