as in disturbing
causing worry or anxiety
the most troubling sign of all is that he's stopped returning my phone calls
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as in worrying
to experience concern or anxiety
don't trouble about me—I'll be fine
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as in weighing
to cause discomfort to or trouble for
I hate to trouble you, but would you mind moving for a minute so I can sweep under your chair?
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Recent Examples of troubling
Elahe Izadi, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Her family has described the days following her disappearance as filled with troubling signs, including unusual financial transactions and multiple sightings.
—Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
The shifting market trends also bring troubling developments.
—Mattha Busby, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
That’s a troubling thought for a team on a 10-game losing streak.
—Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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This is especially troubling, Stern added, as the media companies are facing difficult economic headwinds that may be leaving them more cautious about incurring legal fees.
—Elahe Izadi, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Her family has described the days following her disappearance as filled with troubling signs, including unusual financial transactions and multiple sightings.
—Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
The shifting market trends also bring troubling developments.
—Mattha Busby, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
That’s a troubling thought for a team on a 10-game losing streak.
—Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for troubling
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One of the more disturbing results was from the dinner party at the Brooklyn apartment of my ProPublica colleague.Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2024
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Duchamp spent the last twenty years of his life working in secret on a three-dimensional tableau vivant of a naked, headless female body in a realistic landscape, a strangely disturbing image that is both a summary of his meta-retinal art and a total departure from it.Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Conclusion While the Fed’s efforts to tame runaway inflation rates has helped market sentiments in the past, its recent hawkish outlook for 2025 is now worrying investors.Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Bitcoin has dropping back from its all-time high of over $100,000 in the last week as BlackRock quietly confirmed a worrying bitcoin bombshell.Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Some of the larger trays from the study could produce loaves weighing nearly seven pounds—suggesting that bakers may have made bread for many people to enjoy together.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
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During closed sessions in recent months, the Village Board has been weighing more specific options to incentivize Woodsonia to take on the Marketplace redevelopment project.Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
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And Robert Zemeckis' 2009 take featuring Jim Carrey is noteworthy for a few reasons: Not only are the ghosts downright terrifying, but the animation style is also unsettling, and may scare you for all the wrong reasons.Huntley Woods, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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In addition to this unsettling experience, Robbins shared with Newsweek a moment of unexpected kindness during her return flight.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Somehow, that doesn’t cure Guillermo’s melancholy, and the other vamps theorize about why this is bothering Guillermo so much.Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 16 Dec. 2024
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Instead, focus on things like what's been bothering you in the past week, stress about an upcoming event, or a work incident that rubbed you the wrong way.Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
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In the dark winter months, Krampus associations in villages hold parades, playfully frightening onlookers on Krampusnacht by chasing them and hitting them with sticks during a run through the streets.Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Or maybe the next gen of AI swerves us even deeper into the uncanny valley in yet unknown and frightening ways.Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Both came off of emotional conference championship performances with Texas losing the SEC championship game and Clemson upsetting SMU in the ACC title game.Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Failing to do so risks upsetting a leader with a short fuse and the power to sink a company’s stock or ignite a boycott with a single social media post.Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Troubling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troubling. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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