Synonyms for Disturbing:

• adj.

  •aggravating (adjective)
  • infuriating,
  • upsetting,
  • irritating,
  • antagonizing,
  • Enraging,
  • inflaming,
  • perturbing,
  • annoying,
  • provocative,
  • Bedeviling,
  • Irksome,
  • exasperating,
  • exacerbating,
  • vexing,
  • Harassing,
  • teasing,
  • aggravating,
  • pestering,
  • grating,
  • troublesome.
  •aggressive (adjective)
  • offensive,
  • hawkish.
  •agitated (adjective)
  • unquiet.
  •agonizing (adjective)
  • in-tense,
  • in tensest,
  • extreme,
  • most struggling,
  • more tearing,
  • more struggling,
  • most torturing,
  • more racking,
  • more torturing,
  • most racking,
  • in tense,
  • in tenser,
  • in-tenser,
  • most tearing,
  • vehement,
  • torturing,
  • in-tensest.
  •bitter (adjective)
  • dis-pleasing,
  • dis pleasing,
  • in-temperate,
  • un pleasant,
  • dis-agreeable,
  • dis tasteful,
  • dis-tasteful,
  • dis agreeable,
  • in clement,
  • in temperate,
  • un-palatable,
  • un palatable,
  • un-pleasant,
  • in-clement.
  •bothersome (adjective)
  • more aggravating,
  • re-mote,
  • most exasperating,
  • more exasperating,
  • ex asperating,
  • most rebarbative,
  • ex-asperating,
  • rebarbative,
  • most vexing,
  • more vexing,
  • more rebarbative,
  • most aggravating.
  •burdensome (adjective)
  • more crushing,
  • ex-acting,
  • more difficult,
  • more carking,
  • ex acting,
  • most crushing,
  • most superincumbent,
  • more superincumbent,
  • super-incumbent,
  • most carking,
  • super incumbent.
  •complex (adjective)
  • meandering,
  • tangled,
  • puzzling,
  • mazy,
  • paradoxical,
  • knotted,
  • involved,
  • inter-woven,
  • round-about.
  •creepy (adjective)
  • more itching,
  • dis gusting,
  • most shuddersome,
  • most itching,
  • hair raising,
  • more shuddersome,
  • dis-gusting,
  • hairraising.
  •detrimental (adjective)
  • mischievous,
  • un-favorable,
  • pre judicial,
  • un favorable,
  • pre-judicial.
  •different (adjective)
  • unusual.
  •disquieting (adjective)
  • frightening,
  • difficult,
  • startling,
  • hard,
  • laborious,
  • onerous,
  • toilsome,
  • Discomforting,
  • prophetic,
  • Discommoding,
  • depressing,
  • discouraging,
  • wearisome,
  • unpleasant,
  • consequential,
  • trying,
  • tiresome,
  • perplexing,
  • disconcerting,
  • dismaying,
  • distressing,
  • threatening,
  • sinister,
  • pessimistic,
  • gloomy,
  • uncertain.
  •disruptive (adjective)
  • off-base,
  • out-of-order,
  • out of line,
  • out-of-line,
  • troublemaking.
  •embarrassing (adjective)
  • most compromising,
  • un easy,
  • un seemlier,
  • un-easier,
  • dis commodious,
  • most discommodious,
  • un easiest,
  • more rattling,
  • more compromising,
  • un easier,
  • most discomfiting,
  • more discommoding,
  • more discommodious,
  • un comfortable,
  • un-seemliest,
  • un-easy,
  • un seemliest,
  • most mortifying,
  • un-seemly,
  • dis-commodious,
  • un-comfortable,
  • un propitious,
  • uneasy,
  • un seemly,
  • most rattling,
  • most discommoding,
  • un-seemlier,
  • un-easiest,
  • un-propitious,
  • more mortifying,
  • more discomfiting.
  •grievous (adjective)
  • more afflicting,
  • heart rending,
  • most heart rending,
  • most wounding,
  • in-tolerable,
  • in tolerable,
  • more heart rending,
  • egregious,
  • more heart-rending,
  • more wounding,
  • un bearable,
  • most heart-rending,
  • un-bearable,
  • most afflicting.
  •harrowing (adjective)
  • more traumatic,
  • most traumatic.
  •harsh (adjective)
  • more out of tune,
  • most tuneless,
  • most unmelodious,
  • un level,
  • unmusical,
  • un-even,
  • more creaking,
  • more screeching,
  • most out of key,
  • dis sonant,
  • most out-of-key,
  • more unmelodious,
  • dis-sonant,
  • dis-agreeing,
  • more out-of-key,
  • more jangling,
  • most asperous,
  • most unlevel,
  • most screeching,
  • most creaking,
  • un-level,
  • more tuneless,
  • un relenting,
  • more asperous,
  • most jangling,
  • more stridulous,
  • in-compatible,
  • most caterwauling,
  • more caterwauling,
  • most out of tune,
  • most stridulous,
  • off key,
  • more out-of-tune,
  • un musical,
  • more out of key,
  • more clashing,
  • un-musical,
  • un melodious,
  • out of key,
  • un-melodious,
  • un even,
  • dis agreeing,
  • in compatible,
  • most out-of-tune,
  • more unlevel,
  • most clashing,
  • offkey.
  •horrendous (adjective)
  • most horrifyin,
  • horrendous,
  • more horrifyin.
  •ill (adjective)
  • most nocent,
  • in auspicious,
  • un kinder,
  • un healthier,
  • illmannered,
  • dis-respectful,
  • un luckiest,
  • un-healthy,
  • un-kind,
  • un friendliest,
  • un-wholesome,
  • ill,
  • un fortunate,
  • un lucky,
  • fore-boding,
  • un healthiest,
  • ill mannered,
  • most foreboding,
  • un healthy,
  • un-fortunate,
  • un luckier,
  • more unpromising,
  • un-promising,
  • un-kindest,
  • un kindest,
  • un wholesome,
  • un friendlier,
  • dis respectful,
  • un-healthiest,
  • un-kinder,
  • un-lucky,
  • more nocent,
  • un-friendliest,
  • un promising,
  • un-luckier,
  • in-auspicious,
  • most unpromising,
  • un kind,
  • un-friendly,
  • fore boding,
  • un gracious,
  • un-friendlier,
  • un-luckiest,
  • un-gracious,
  • more foreboding.
  •importunate (adjective)
  • importunate,
  • overly solicitous.
  •incommodious (adjective)
  • in commodious,
  • in-commodious.
  •inconvenient (adjective)
  • un-handy,
  • un timelier,
  • un-handiest,
  • un-manageable,
  • in-expedient,
  • un-handier,
  • un suitable,
  • in expedient,
  • un seasonable,
  • in convenient,
  • un-timelier,
  • un handier,
  • dis-advantageous,
  • un-suitable,
  • un wieldy,
  • un wieldiest,
  • un wieldier,
  • un-wieldier,
  • un-timely,
  • un timeliest,
  • un-wieldiest,
  • in-convenient,
  • un timely,
  • un-wieldy,
  • un-timeliest,
  • un handiest,
  • un-seasonable,
  • dis advantageous,
  • unhandiest,
  • un manageable,
  • unhandier,
  • un handy.
  •inopportune (adjective)
  • illtimed,
  • ill-timed,
  • ill timed,
  • mistimed.
  •irritating (adjective)
  • nettlesome.
  •nerve-racking (adjective)
  • most stressful,
  • more stressful,
  • nerveracking,
  • nerve racking.
  •pesky (adjective)
  • more peeving,
  • most peeving.
  •poignant (adjective)
  • more agitating,
  • most agitating.
  •provocative (adjective)
  • inspirational.
  •provoking (adjective)
  • more agitative,
  • most agitative.
  •seamy (adjective)
  • seamy.
  •taxing (adjective)
  • Sapping,
  • most sapping,
  • more enervating,
  • most enervating,
  • more sapping.
  •teasing (adjective)
  • more kidding,
  • more bothering,
  • more ribbing,
  • most kidding,
  • Plaguing,
  • most badgering,
  • most tickling,
  • more plaguing,
  • most bothering,
  • more badgering,
  • more taunting,
  • most ribbing,
  • tickling,
  • more tickling,
  • most plaguing,
  • most taunting.
  •terrible (adjective)
  • awe inspiring,
  • more petrifying,
  • beastlier,
  • most dreaded,
  • un welcome,
  • un-welcome,
  • aweinspiring,
  • more dreaded,
  • more horrifying,
  • beastliest,
  • most horrifying,
  • most petrifying,
  • unwelcome.
  •tight (adjective)
  • pre carious,
  • pre-carious.
  •tormenting (adjective)
  • more suffering.
  •unsatisfactory (adjective)
  • not up par,
  • not to par,
  • for birds,
  • un-desirable,
  • un worthiest,
  • un worthier,
  • un-worthier,
  • un satisfactory,
  • un worthy,
  • un-acceptable,
  • junkiest,
  • not par,
  • un acceptable,
  • un-satisfactory,
  • junkier,
  • un-worthiest,
  • un desirable.
  •untoward (adjective)
  • in-tractable,
  • un pliablest,
  • more misfortunate,
  • un yielding,
  • in-docile,
  • un disciplined,
  • mis-fortunate,
  • starcrossed,
  • un happy,
  • un pliable,
  • in tractable,
  • un-governable,
  • ill starred,
  • star crossed,
  • mis fortunate,
  • un-yielding,
  • Star-crossed,
  • un-pliablest,
  • un-pliable,
  • unpliablest,
  • in docile,
  • illstarred,
  • un-happy,
  • un happier,
  • un pliabler,
  • un happiest,
  • un-pliabler,
  • unpliabler,
  • most misfortunate.

• adv.

  •underfoot (adverb)
  • under-foot.

• n.

  •
  • grave,
  • serious.
  •confusion (noun)
  • de-moralizations,
  • be-wilderments,
  • dis-tractions,
  • dis-arranging,
  • be-wilderment,
  • be fuddling,
  • disturbings,
  • un settlings,
  • un-settling,
  • dis traction,
  • upsettings,
  • Clutterings,
  • dis orientation,
  • dumbfoundings,
  • be wilderments,
  • dis-orientation,
  • be-fuddling,
  • de-moralization,
  • dis-orientations,
  • mixup mystifications,
  • discomfitings,
  • de moralizations,
  • up-settings,
  • unsettlings,
  • disarrangings,
  • embroilings,
  • dis orientations,
  • abashings,
  • un settling,
  • un-settlings,
  • up-setting,
  • de moralization,
  • perplexings,
  • embarrassings,
  • up setting,
  • befuddlings,
  • dis arranging,
  • dis-traction,
  • stirring ups,
  • be wilderment,
  • dis tractions,
  • obscurings,
  • up settings,
  • tanglings,
  • confoundings.
  •disquieting (noun)
  • Nettling,
  • causing worry,
  • unpropitious,
  • not encouraging,
  • causing anxiety,
  • not propitious,
  • inauspicious.
  •distressful (noun)
  • distressful.
  •disturbing (noun)
  • heavy.
  •ribbing (noun)
  • mockings.

• v.

  •aggravating (verb)
  • troubling,
  • Envenoming,
  • baiting,
  • Harrying,
  • needling,
  • peeving,
  • Arousing,
  • Bothering,
  • Discomposing,
  • nagging,
  • hassling,
  • irking,
  • badgering.
  •chafing (verb)
  • chafing,
  • Resisting,
  • scraping,
  • wearing,
  • rasping,
  • Abrading,
  • rubbing,
  • scrubbing,
  • grinding,
  • Fretting.
  •deranging (verb)
  • tampering,
  • Botching,
  • Rummaging,
  • roiling,
  • Displacing,
  • whipping,
  • Disordering,
  • Hashing,
  • Dislocating,
  • agitating,
  • Disorganizing,
  • meddling,
  • capsizing,
  • churning,
  • Disarranging,
  • tousling,
  • mixing up,
  • confounding,
  • Cluttering,
  • Messing,
  • tossing,
  • Rumpling,
  • rippling,
  • Disheveling,
  • Blurring,
  • Ruffling,
  • Jumbling,
  • Convulsing,
  • Muddling,
  • fermenting,
  • Mislaying,
  • Roughening,
  • Whisking,
  • Deranging,
  • Misplacing,
  • swirling,
  • confusing,
  • Scrambling,
  • tumbling,
  • Mussing,
  • scattering.
  •displeasing (verb)
  • jarring,
  • disgusting,
  • offending,
  • displeasing,
  • disappointing,
  • Aggrieving,
  • Angering,
  • repelling,
  • Scandalizing,
  • shocking,
  • Riling.
  •exciting (verb)
  • energizing,
  • exhilarating,
  • electrifying,
  • firing,
  • exciting,
  • stimulating,
  • animating.
  •frightening (verb)
  • haunting,
  • setting on edge,
  • rattling,
  • unnerving,
  • intimidating,
  • Scaring,
  • petrifying,
  • terrifying,
  • horrifying,
  • panicking.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • nerve-wracking,
  • unsettling,
  • stressful,
  • ominous,
  • daunting,
  • suspicious,
  • frightful,
  • confusion,
  • troublous,
  • revolutionary,
  • oppressive,
  • sobering.
  •
  • abrasive,
  • unsettled,
  • foreboding,
  • niggling,
  • brooding,
  • painful,
  • disagreeable,
  • intrusive,
  • alarmist,
  • sickening.
  •
  • severe.
  •annoying
  • plaguy,
  • galling,
  • maddening.
  •awkward
  • embarrassing,
  • inconvenient.
  •hideous
  • horrid.
  •horrible
  • ill-favored.
  •inadequate
  • unsuitable.

Paraphrases for Disturbing:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    disquieting, unsettling, worrisome, troubling, unnerving.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    depressing, harrowing, horrifying, poignant, threatening, problematic, awkward, objectionable, questionable, alarmist, concerning, disgusting, disturbance, boring, dubious, worried, scandalous, dire, dramatic, nuisance, restless, astonishing, grave, unsettled, sinister, terrible, unstable, inappropriate, precarious, disagreeable, devastating, anxious, insecure, undesirable, uncanny, disastrous, interesting, damaging, unwelcome, unsatisfactory.
  • Noun, plural
    concerns.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    concern.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Distorting, Obstructing, diminishing, Jeopardizing, Discontinuing, Endangering, undermining, impeding, Bothering, impair, Impairing, Interrupting, interfering, Displacing, intruding, inhibiting, hindering, Contravening, stopping, worsening, seriously, Infringing, Derailing, Terminating, stirring, eroding, Harassing, Hampering, Harming, Suppressing, Afflicting, affecting, prejudice, Prejudicing, Violating, troubling, Bedevilling, Destroying, sabotaging, Influencing, altering, suffering, reassuring, compromising, Preventing, impinging, Breaching, Suspending, encroaching, Modifying, Impacting, tampering, bugging, complaining, relocating, blocking, halting, allocating, shake, shaking, Attaining, Besetting, Realizing, amend, Amending, shifting, alarming, traveling, travelling, moving, stroking, mixing, Wagging, attacking, asking, Plaguing, upsetting, jamming, changing, waving, Placing, confusing, Preoccupying, depressing, haunting, concerning, disturbance, devastating, damaging.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    distressing, disconcerting, disruptive, irritating, alarming, Distracting, disturbed, frightening, troublesome, embarrassing, shocking, upsetting, annoying, confusing, ominous, startling, Preoccupying, uncomfortable, puzzling, sobering, disappointing, intrusive, perplexing, galling, appalling, nagging, grim, daunting, serious, troubled, frustrating, outrageous, distressed, uneasy, staggering, inconvenient, unpleasant, concerned, eerie, scary, dangerous, terrifying, regrettable, unfortunate, striking, exciting, chilling, upset, weird, sad, painful, pressing, baffling, tragic, severe, strange, ugly.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    haunting.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Disrupting, disconcerting.

Antonyms for Disturbing:

• adj.

  • disquieting
    easy, comforting, nice, encouraging, auspicious, pleasant, delightful, agreeable, pleasing, happy, good, helpful.
  • Other antonyms:
    inviting, peaceful, consoling, quiet, settling, tranquil, light, lulling, pacific, convenient, reassuring, restful, comfortable.

Homophones for Disturbing:

• disturbance, doctor of music.