perturbing

Examples

• All

• Now, the way that you control that needs to be not have too many perturbing force forces on the whole system.

• It's just perturbing that you can have something that tastes this much like meat.

• Still, the absence of mail was somehow just as perturbing as its presence, and it made him feel strangely on edge.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The only contribution of the MRF was the perturbing impulses the subject had to cope with.

  Academic text (2000)

• During locomotion, in addition to overcoming the effect of gravity, an individual must also compensate for the perturbing effects of body movements on the COG.

  Academic text (1999)

• Alverson's movie assays the numbness that comes with comfort and questions the very nature of comedy; it is both a funny and perturbing portrait of a man who just doesn't know when to quit (or, even sadder, of a man who quit long ago).

  Blog text (7)

• Being among the initial generation of Ph.D. students at Northern Illinois University, whose first field was affectionately christened biopolitics—a shorthand for the official field definition of politics and the life sciences—it was quite perturbing to discover there was another group of scholars using the term in a much different way.

  Academic text (2013)

• She found the news about the accident quite perturbing, as it reminded her of similar incidents in the past.

• The teacher noticed that the students were perturbing during the lesson, which affected their ability to focus.

• His perturbing behavior at the meeting raised concerns about his emotional well-being among his colleagues.

Synonyms

D

disturbing

vsperturbing

304 4.2

Causing worry or fear

has the same meaning and is the common neutral term

T

troubling

vsperturbing

154 4.0

Causing worry or distress

is the basic form focusing on anxiety rather than ongoing trouble

A

alarming

vsperturbing

94 3.7

Making people feel worried because something seems dangerous

causes anxiety without necessarily suggesting danger

U

upsetting

vsperturbing

81 2.5

Making someone feel sad or worried

focuses more narrowly on causing worry rather than broader unhappiness

U

unsettling

vsperturbing

64 4.2

Making you feel worried or uneasy

is the straightforward term for causing worry or anxiety

W

worrisome

vsperturbing

41 3.9

Causing worry or concern

names the same anxiety but is the more neutral general label

D

distressing

vsperturbing

• Specialized

36 4.6

Causing strong worry and emotional pain

is similar but emphasizes general worry rather than sorrow

C

concerning

vsperturbing

25 3.5

Making people feel worried

is the broader adjective for causing anxiety without specific focus

V

vexing

vsperturbing

11 7.7

Making someone feel annoyed or frustrated

focuses on anxiety and worry rather than irritation or frustration

D

disquieting

vsperturbing

8 7.0

Making people feel worried or uneasy

is similar but used more generally for overt anxiety or distress

W

worrying

vsperturbing

6 2.0

Making people feel nervous or concerned

is the neutral expression for causing general anxiety or worry

D

discomforting

vsperturbing

3 4.2

Causing someone to feel uneasy or worried

expresses stronger anxiety or distress rather than mild unease

D

distressful

vsperturbing

1 6.2

Making someone feel very worried or upset

covers the same worry but without stressing emotional pain

P

perturbative

vsperturbing

9.9

Causing a change that makes a system unstable

applies to people and emotions rather than technical system disruption

Antonyms

C

comforting

134 1.4

Making someone feel less worried or upset

R

reassuring

78 3.1

Makes someone feel less worried and calmer

How Disturbing

terrifying

209 5.3

alarming

94 3.7

perturbing

1 6.8

disturbing

304 4.2

unsettling

64 4.2

disquieting

8 7.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology