Associations to the word «Disturbing»

Wiktionary

DISTURBING, adjective. Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
DISTURBING, verb. Present participle of disturb

Dictionary definition

DISTURBING, adjective. 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".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke