unreassuring

Examples

• All

• Something to take her mind off those newscasters and their smooth, unreassuring voices.

  Fiction book (1999)

• It was a profoundly unreassuring prospect; but at least Edward's new prescriptions for the succession had the benefit of clarity.

  Academic text (2010)

• His unreassuring tone made everyone in the room feel tense and uncertain.

• Despite his attempts to comfort her, his unreassuring words only increased her anxiety about the situation.

Synonyms

F

frightening

vsunreassuring

287 3.0

Causing someone to feel afraid

is less extreme, focusing on uncertainty rather than intense fear

T

troubling

vsunreassuring

154 4.0

Causing worry or distress

often signals doubt or lowers confidence rather than only heavy distress

I

intimidating

vsunreassuring

93 5.3

Making someone feel afraid, nervous, or less confident

tends to cause doubt and uncertainty rather than direct threat or force

U

unsettling

vsunreassuring

64 4.2

Making you feel worried or uneasy

tends to make people feel uncertain or less confident rather than briefly uneasy

W

worrisome

vsunreassuring

41 3.9

Causing worry or concern

leans toward creating doubt or lower confidence rather than simple concern

U

unnerving

vsunreassuring

28 6.8

Making someone feel nervous or lose confidence

is milder, causing doubt or uncertainty rather than strong fear

C

concerning

vsunreassuring

25 3.5

Making people feel worried

suggests potential problems and creates uncertainty rather than only general unease

D

discouraging

vsunreassuring

15 3.9

Causing someone to feel less confident or hopeful about trying something

tends to create anxiety and uncertainty rather than only lowering morale

D

disquieting

vsunreassuring

8 7.0

Making people feel worried or uneasy

implies longer lasting uncertainty rather than only momentary unease

W

worrying

vsunreassuring

6 2.0

Making people feel nervous or concerned

tends to create uncertainty or lower confidence rather than only direct distress

D

discomforting

vsunreassuring

3 4.2

Causing someone to feel uneasy or worried

relates more to creating doubt and lack of confidence than mere unease

I

intimidatory

vsunreassuring

1 8.1

To make someone feel afraid or less confident

often lacks deliberate threat, instead creating doubt or less confidence

U

unencouraging

vsunreassuring

6.5

Something that makes people feel less hopeful or confident

is about causing doubt and anxiety rather than just lacking support

U

unrelaxing

vsunreassuring

6.1

Something that makes you feel tense and not calm

is about causing uncertainty and lowering confidence rather than physical tension

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 Reassuring

reassuring

78 3.1

comforting

134 1.4

neutral

24 3.5

unreassuring

6.9

worrying

6 2.0

alarming

94 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology