Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disturbing

/dɪsˈtɝ.bɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: dis-turb-ing
IPA: /dɪsˈtɝ.bɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.

verb

present participle and gerund of disturb

Example Sentences

"A disturbing film that tries to explore the mind of a serial killer."
"His behaviour is very disturbing."
"I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɪsˈtɝ.bɪŋ/
British English: /dɪsˈtɜː.bɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

more disturbing (comparative) most disturbing (superlative)

Derived Forms

disturbingly disturbingness nondisturbing undisturbing

Synonyms

distressing distressful perturbing troubling worrisome worrying

Rhymes With

curbing perturbing

Questions

How do you pronounce disturbing?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈtɝ.bɪŋ/.
What does disturbing mean?: Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.

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