adjective

• Causing anxiety; worrying.

  ‘disturbing unemployment figures’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The plight of the working class in Dublin at this time was disturbing.’
  • ‘The implications of private ownership of knowledge are deeply disturbing.’
  • ‘The picture is also more than a little disturbing.’
  • ‘The hourly records disclosed show a number of disturbing features.’
  • ‘Of late, the stock market has been making some disturbing noises.’
  • ‘The programme makers said they had decided to show the tape, despite its disturbing character, on the grounds of public interest.’
  • ‘Without a doubt, we are living in a disturbing new world, where what was once unthinkable has become reality.’
  • ‘The following post contains disturbing images not intended for most viewers.’
  • ‘The results, which must be disturbing to the various ruling elites, are all the more striking.’
  • ‘I see a very disturbing trend developing on Net discussion boards.’
  • ‘More disturbing are the measures for funding the package.’
  • ‘Even more disturbing, the title song is an ode to a rat.’
  • ‘I do appreciate that he shed some light on the disturbing topic.’
  • ‘The only thing I find more disturbing is the lack of public outcry over this outrage.’
  • ‘By far what was most disturbing was that he kept talking about the price.’
  • ‘Avary has written a disturbing work that fairly pulses with a depressing energy.’
  • ‘Even more disturbing is recent evidence that the fungus may spread through the air.’
  • ‘The result is an indictment of the current political system as disturbing as any ideological tract.’
  • ‘He is bringing in something new and unexpected and disturbing.’
  • ‘According to Samuelson, Japan pioneered the new stagnation and the parallels are disturbing.’