The meaning of DISTURBING is causing feelings of worry, concern, or anxiety. How to use disturbing in a sentence.

DISTURBING definition: 1. making you feel worried or upset: 2. making you feel worried or upset: . Learn more.

To break up or destroy the tranquility, order, or settled state of: "Subterranean fires and deep unrest...

Something that is disturbing makes you feel worried or upset. There was something about him she found disturbing. There are disturbing reports of killings at the two centres.

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5 days ago · disturbing (comparative more disturbing, superlative most disturbing) Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling. quotations

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 dis•turb•ing (di stûr′ bing), adj. upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.

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