What is another word for troubling?
382 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ tɹˈʌblɪŋ], [ tɹˈʌblɪŋ], [ t_ɹ_ˈʌ_b_l_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for troubling:- bad (adjective)
- disquieting (adjective)
- disturbing (adjective)
- embarrassing (adjective)
- irksome (adjective)
- irritating (adjective)
- maddening (adjective)
- perturbing (adjective)
- torturous (adjective)
- unsettling (adjective)
- upsetting (adjective)
- heavy (noun)
- aggravating (verb)
- agitating (verb)
- deranging (verb)
- trouble (verb)
- other synonyms
- awkward
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Troubling:
adj.
•bad (adjective)- troubling,
- unfavorable,
- disagreeable,
- adverse,
- grim,
- discouraged,
- troubled,
- gloomy,
- distressed,
- unpleasant,
- unfortunate,
- discouraging,
- displeasing,
- melancholy,
- unhappy.
- sinister,
- uncertain,
- impeding,
- frightening,
- ominous,
- foreboding,
- depressing,
- alarming,
- consequential,
- startling,
- pessimistic,
- dismaying,
- painful,
- severe,
- Discomforting,
- creepy,
- laborious,
- onerous,
- toilsome,
- threatening,
- wearisome,
- prophetic,
- hard.
n.
•heavy (noun)v.
•aggravating (verb)- irritating,
- vexing,
- antagonizing,
- aggravating,
- Rankling,
- Discomposing,
- infuriating,
- exasperating,
- exacerbating,
- baiting,
- chafing,
- pestering,
- annoying,
- Fretting,
- Harassing,
- badgering,
- grating,
- Enraging,
- Harrying,
- Envenoming,
- tormenting,
- nagging,
- inflaming,
- Bedeviling,
- Bothering,
- Arousing,
- hassling,
- needling,
- teasing,
- irking,
- peeving.
- shuddering,
- stirring,
- palpitating,
- quavering,
- twitching,
- jolting,
- churning,
- shivering,
- quaking,
- quivering,
- Flustering,
- agitating,
- shaking,
- jarring.
- whipping,
- Botching,
- Messing,
- fermenting,
- Misplacing,
- tampering,
- Ruffling,
- swirling,
- Hashing,
- Convulsing,
- Blurring,
- Cluttering,
- mixing up,
- roiling,
- Mussing,
- tousling,
- tumbling,
- Displacing,
- Roughening,
- Disheveling,
- Disarranging,
- Disorganizing,
- Whisking,
- Dislocating,
- Muddling,
- meddling,
- Disordering,
- capsizing,
- Scrambling,
- Rummaging,
- confounding,
- Rumpling,
- Mislaying,
- tossing,
- scattering,
- confusing,
- rippling,
- Jumbling,
- Deranging.
- pester,
- take pains,
- upset,
- distress,
- afflict,
- exert,
- PSYCH,
- get to,
- inconvenience,
- pain,
- harry,
- sadden,
- try,
- flip out,
- burn up,
- make a fuss,
- vex,
- irritate,
- torment,
- perplex,
- drive up the wall,
- give a bad time,
- stress,
- give a hard time,
- perturb,
- make a scene,
- harass,
- make waves,
- fret,
- plague,
- be concerned with,
- ail,
- grieve,
- burden,
- strain,
- discommode,
- disoblige,
- concern,
- take the time,
- discompose,
- impose on,
- go to the effort of,
- spook.
Other synonyms:
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- unwelcoming.
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- suffocating,
- pokey.
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- close.
- raging,
- breathtaking,
- anguishing,
- exasperation,
- irritation,
- anesthetizing,
- suspenseful,
- nasty,
- agitate,
- Overturning,
- trouble,
- Incommoding,
- Squabbling,
- stir up,
- rioting,
- pestilential,
- dousing,
- smothering,
- disturb,
- Scuffling,
- hopeless,
- afflictive,
- Nettling,
- pesky,
- striking,
- suspensive,
- Graveling,
- haunting,
- sorrowing,
- pestiferous,
- regrettable,
- dark,
- Devilling,
- off-putting,
- grieving,
- Afflicting,
- electrical,
- overwhelming,
- dithering,
- Disarraying,
- Burdening,
- saddening,
- retiring,
- pitiful,
- ravishing,
- exciting,
- inconveniencing,
- flapping,
- disobliging,
- tough,
- unfavourable,
- rattle on,
- touching,
- grievous,
- Plaguing,
- Harming,
- charged,
- disastrous,
- heady,
- disquiet,
- Jobbing,
- desperate,
- botheration,
- galling,
- conflicting,
- sorry,
- thrilling,
- Diseasing,
- exhilarating,
- peeve,
- galvanic,
- Importune,
- impressive,
- telling,
- awful,
- Molesting,
- Overcoming,
- lamentable,
- tussling,
- overpowering,
- disadvantaging,
- straining,
- anaesthetizing,
- oppressive,
- serious,
- Fussing,
- interfere with,
- concerning,
- pestilent,
- electric,
- annoy,
- wretched,
- stimulating,
- Deflecting,
- sad,
- piquant,
- Mattering,
- Embroiling,
- importunate,
- Paining,
- caring,
- overmastering,
- deplorable,
- abet,
- intoxicating,
- plaguey,
- Extending,
- heart-stirring,
- cliff-hanging,
- unreassuring,
- trialing,
- stimulative,
- Carking,
- harrowing,
- issuing,
- woeful,
- damaging,
- Hustling,
- annoyance,
- soul-stirring,
- grave,
- Flurrying,
- pressuring,
- Swaging,
- Straitening,
- tragic,
- put out,
- provocative,
- bickering,
- Interrupting,
- inflammatory,
- tantalizing,
- irk,
- Charging,
- publishing,
- rousing,
- moving,
- Pothering,
- Commoving,
- disconcert,
- miserable,
- bustling,
- ailing,
- affecting,
- unhinging,
- demanding,
- Deviling,
- releasing,
- exercising,
- mind-blowing,
- plaguesome.
Paraphrases for Troubling:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
disquieting, unsettling, worrying, disturbing, disconcerting.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
disconcerting.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Plaguing.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Independent
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Adjective
troubled, difficult, confusing, upsetting, annoying, daunting, shocking, challenging, sobering, disappointing, startling, disturbed, nagging, grim, unpleasant, intractable, appalling, awkward, intrusive, uneasy, eerie, distressed, surprising, uncanny, questionable, Distracting, unfortunate, contentious, worried, concerning, staggering, astonishing, precarious, turbulent, inappropriate, striking, dire, unsettled, thorny, chilling, tough, restive, blurry, threatening, pressing, inconvenient.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Bothering, Besetting, baffling, hurting, worrying, worsening, suffering, disturbing, Interrupting, bugging, bewildering, Afflicting, complaining, Bedevilling, wondering, Impairing, Disrupting, undermining, intruding, trying, hitting, affecting, eating, haunting, Impacting, weighing, calling, Preoccupying, confusing, upsetting, concerning.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
alarming, distressing, troublesome, problematic, puzzling, frightening, Preoccupying, disruptive, ominous, uncomfortable, unnerving, embarrassing, problematical, concerned, serious, painful, cumbersome, laborious, scary, strange.
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Antonyms for Troubling:
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adj.
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embarrassing
unshameful, comfortable.
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Other antonyms:
relaxing, tranquilizing, reassuring, pacifying, dreamy, inviting, light, narcotic, consoling, lulling, comforting, sedative.
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embarrassing
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v.
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trouble
be happy, assist, be content, help, aid.
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trouble