Definition for Troubling:

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

Synonyms for Troubling:

• adj.

  •bad (adjective)
  • troubling,
  • unfavorable,
  • disagreeable,
  • adverse,
  • grim,
  • discouraged,
  • troubled,
  • gloomy,
  • distressed,
  • unpleasant,
  • unfortunate,
  • discouraging,
  • displeasing,
  • melancholy,
  • unhappy.
  •disquieting (adjective)
  • troublesome,
  • disconcerting,
  • unnerving,
  • perplexing,
  • bothersome.
  •disturbing (adjective)
  • sinister,
  • uncertain,
  • impeding,
  • frightening,
  • ominous,
  • foreboding,
  • depressing,
  • alarming,
  • consequential,
  • startling,
  • pessimistic,
  • dismaying,
  • painful,
  • severe,
  • Discomforting,
  • creepy,
  • laborious,
  • onerous,
  • toilsome,
  • threatening,
  • wearisome,
  • prophetic,
  • hard.
  •embarrassing (adjective)
  • inconvenient,
  • touchy,
  • awkward,
  • ticklish,
  • incommodious,
  • difficult,
  • mortifying,
  • unpropitious,
  • delicate,
  • sensitive,
  • shameful,
  • compromising,
  • Distracting,
  • rattling,
  • Discomfiting,
  • tricky,
  • impossible,
  • sticky,
  • unseemly,
  • puzzling,
  • Discommoding,
  • inopportune,
  • equivocal,
  • uneasy,
  • bewildering.
  •perturbing (adjective)
  • intrusive,
  • disruptive.
  •torturous (adjective)
  • agonizing,
  • excruciating,
  • harrowing,
  • punishing,
  • Plaguing,
  • anguishing.
  •unsettling (adjective)
  • un-settling,
  • un settling.
  •upsetting (adjective)
  • up-setting,
  • up setting.

• n.

  •
  • tight,
  • uncomfortable,
  • cramped,
  • claustrophobic,
  • unnatural,
  • strange,
  • strained.
  •heavy (noun)
  • heavy.

• 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.
  •trouble (verb)
  • annoy,
  • disconcert,
  • vex,
  • try,
  • give a hard time,
  • burden,
  • grieve,
  • take the time,
  • ail,
  • take pains,
  • harry,
  • harass,
  • irk,
  • discompose,
  • concern,
  • impose on,
  • make waves,
  • perplex,
  • torment,
  • be concerned with,
  • agitate,
  • make a scene,
  • stir up,
  • perturb,
  • plague,
  • give a bad time,
  • upset,
  • afflict,
  • flip out,
  • disoblige,
  • drive up the wall,
  • distress,
  • pain,
  • disquiet,
  • go to the effort of,
  • stress,
  • disturb,
  • burn up,
  • PSYCH,
  • pester,
  • put out,
  • spook,
  • get to,
  • fret,
  • inconvenience,
  • make a fuss,
  • sadden,
  • irritate,
  • discommode,
  • exert,
  • strain.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • unwelcoming.
  •
  • suffocating,
  • pokey.
  •
  • stifling,
  • jerky,
  • heavily,
  • stinging.
  •
  • close.
  •awkward
  • embarrassing.

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.

Troubling Sentence Examples:

• " I must ask your pardon for troubling you about the sixty francs," at length murmured the laundress.

• If it isn't troubling you too much, I should like to know that lady's name.