perturbing

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective perturbing has 1 sense

perturbing(s = adj.all) distressful, distressing, disturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying - 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"

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THESAURUS

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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