"disturbing" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /dɪsˈtɜːbɪŋ/ [UK] Forms: more disturbing [comparative], most disturbing [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} disturbing (comparative more disturbing, superlative most disturbing)
  1. Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling. Derived forms: disturbingly Translations (causing distress or worry): ταρακτικός (taraktikós) (Ancient Greek), трыво́жны (tryvóžny) (english: alarming) (Belarusian), inquietant (Catalan), pertorbador (Catalan), verontrustend (Dutch), angoriga (Esperanto), järkyttävä (Finnish), häiritsevä (Finnish), levottomuutta herättävä (Finnish), dérangeant (French), perturbant (French), verstörend (German), ενοχλητικός (enochlitikós) (Greek), felkavaró (Hungarian), nyugtalanító (Hungarian), aggasztó (Hungarian), agghiacciate (Italian), inquietante (Italian), aerumnābilis (Latin), anxifer (Latin), niepokojący (Polish), беспоко́ящий (bespokójaščij) (Russian), трево́жащий (trevóžaščij) (Russian), трево́жный (trevóžnyj) (Russian), волну́ющий (volnújuščij) (Russian), inquietante (Spanish), perturbador (Spanish), traumático (Spanish), obehaglig (Swedish), rahatsız edici (Turkish), триво́жний (tryvóžnyj) (english: alarming) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-disturbing-en-adj-mGHvX4EJ

Verb

IPA: /dɪsˈtɜːbɪŋ/ [UK]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} disturbing
  1. present participle and gerund of disturb Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: disturb
    Sense id: en-disturbing-en-verb-A1ruqwwK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "causing distress or worry",
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          "sense": "causing distress or worry",
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          "sense": "causing distress or worry",
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      "sense": "causing distress or worry",
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      "sense": "causing distress or worry",
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      "sense": "causing distress or worry",
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