Definition for Troubling:

• The act of molesting or annoying; the act of afflicting.

Synonyms for Troubling:

• adj.

  •bad (adjective)
  • unfortunate,
  • grim,
  • unpleasant,
  • troubled,
  • displeasing.
  •disquieting (adjective)
  • perplexing,
  • disconcerting,
  • bothersome,
  • troublesome.
  •disturbing (adjective)
  • alarming,
  • hard,
  • onerous,
  • painful,
  • wearisome,
  • Discomforting.
  •embarrassing (adjective)
  • Discommoding,
  • Discomfiting,
  • difficult,
  • Distracting.
  •irksome (adjective)
  • tiresome,
  • burdensome.
  •irritating (adjective)
  • maddening.
  •maddening (adjective)
  • vexatious,
  • trying,
  • provoking,
  • Riling.

• n.

  •
  • tight,
  • uncomfortable,
  • cramped,
  • claustrophobic,
  • unnatural,
  • strange,
  • strained.

• 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.
  •agitating (verb)
  • shuddering,
  • stirring,
  • palpitating,
  • quavering,
  • twitching,
  • jolting,
  • churning,
  • shivering,
  • quaking,
  • quivering,
  • Flustering,
  • agitating,
  • shaking,
  • jarring.
  •deranging (verb)
  • 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.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • jerky,
  • heavily,
  • stinging.
  •awkward
  • embarrassing.
  •Other relevant words:
  • put out,
  • breathtaking,
  • anesthetizing,
  • exasperation,
  • irk,
  • Swaging,
  • striking,
  • moving,
  • agitate,
  • Overcoming,
  • tragic,
  • Importune,
  • Pothering,
  • stimulative,
  • retiring,
  • pestilent,
  • dousing,
  • serious,
  • disturb,
  • Plaguing,
  • heavy,
  • afflictive,
  • Molesting,
  • peeve,
  • straining,
  • suspenseful,
  • Fussing,
  • haunting,
  • smothering,
  • pesky,
  • ravishing,
  • dark,
  • Deviling,
  • nasty,
  • grieving,
  • wretched,
  • electrical,
  • overpowering,
  • dithering,
  • Devilling,
  • Afflicting,
  • sad,
  • releasing,
  • piquant,
  • rattle on,
  • exciting,
  • tussling,
  • flapping,
  • disobliging,
  • touching,
  • trouble,
  • raging,
  • thrilling,
  • grievous,
  • Paining,
  • Graveling,
  • charged,
  • disastrous,
  • heady,
  • disquiet,
  • Interrupting,
  • desperate,
  • botheration,
  • galling,
  • conflicting,
  • sorrowing,
  • telling,
  • Disarraying,
  • exhilarating,
  • overwhelming,
  • galvanic,
  • Hustling,
  • importunate,
  • tantalizing,
  • awful,
  • Mattering,
  • Nettling,
  • issuing,
  • unhinging,
  • oppressive,
  • plaguesome,
  • stir up,
  • disadvantaging,
  • off-putting,
  • saddening,
  • Flurrying,
  • overmastering,
  • concerning,
  • pestiferous,
  • electric,
  • annoy,
  • woeful,
  • soul-stirring,
  • Charging,
  • rousing,
  • pestilential,
  • Jobbing,
  • Diseasing,
  • hopeless,
  • Overturning,
  • caring,
  • trialing,
  • deplorable,
  • abet,
  • inflammatory,
  • pitiful,
  • Embroiling,
  • interfere with,
  • cliff-hanging,
  • unfavourable,
  • inconveniencing,
  • stimulating,
  • Burdening,
  • harrowing,
  • irritation,
  • unreassuring,
  • damaging,
  • Harming,
  • annoyance,
  • sorry,
  • grave,
  • Extending,
  • anguishing,
  • Straitening,
  • Squabbling,
  • tough,
  • publishing,
  • plaguey,
  • bickering,
  • Incommoding,
  • impressive,
  • suspensive,
  • intoxicating,
  • Carking,
  • provocative,
  • rioting,
  • miserable,
  • Commoving,
  • Scuffling,
  • disconcert,
  • mind-blowing,
  • bustling,
  • ailing,
  • affecting,
  • pressuring,
  • demanding,
  • Deflecting,
  • regrettable,
  • exercising,
  • lamentable,
  • heart-stirring.

Paraphrases for Troubling:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    disquieting, unsettling, worrying, disturbing, disconcerting.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    disconcerting.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Plaguing.

• Independent

  • 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.
  • 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.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    alarming, distressing, troublesome, problematic, puzzling, frightening, Preoccupying, disruptive, ominous, uncomfortable, unnerving, embarrassing, problematical, concerned, serious, painful, cumbersome, laborious, scary, strange.

Antonyms for Troubling:

• adj.

  • disquieting
    settling, pleasing, calming, soothing.
  • embarrassing
    unshameful, comfortable.
  • Other antonyms:
    relaxing, tranquilizing, reassuring, pacifying, dreamy, inviting, light, narcotic, consoling, lulling, comforting, sedative.

• v.

  • trouble
    be happy, assist, be content, help, aid.