Perturbing (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The perturbing reports of natural disasters on the news kept her up at night, causing her to question her own preparedness for such an event.
- Her neighbor's recent job loss and the family's resulting financial struggles presented a perturbing situation for everyone involved.
- As he dug deeper into his family's history, he stumbled upon some perturbing information that left him with a new and unsettling perspective on his own life.
- After moving into her new home, she started to experience a series of strange and perturbing occurrences that led her to believe the house was haunted.
- Watching her elderly parents deal with health issues has been a perturbing experience, and it has left her with many worries about their future and her own responsibilities.