Perturbing

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  perturbing
       adj : 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}, {troubling},
              {worrisome}, {worrying}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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