perturbing
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
perturbing
adj 1: causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or
disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something
distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime";
"a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and
troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome
predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"
[syn: {distressing}, {distressful}, {disturbing},
{perturbing}, {troubling}, {worrisome}, {worrying}]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "perturbing":
agitating, baffling, bewildering, bothering, breathtaking, charged,
cliff-hanging, confounding, confusing, discomposing, disconcerting,
dismaying, disquieting, distracting, disturbing, electric,
embarrassing, enigmatic, exciting, exhilarating, galvanic, heady,
heart-expanding, heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling,
impressive, inflammatory, intoxicating, intricate, jarring,
jolting, maddening, mind-blowing, moving, mysterious, mystifying,
overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, perplexing,
piquant, problematic, provocative, provoking, puzzling, ravishing,
soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, stimulating, stimulative, stirring,
striking, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling,
thrilly, troubling, unsettling, upsetting
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