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disturbing meaning

EN[dɪsˈtɜːbɪŋ] [-ɜː(ɹ)bɪŋ]

    Definition of disturbing in English Dictionary

  • VerbPREdis-SUF-ing
    1. present participle of disturb.
    2. AdjectiveCOMmore disturbingSUPmost disturbing
      1. Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
        1. 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.
    3. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • In 2006 the Wrong Gallery restaged this work at the Frieze Art Fair to much less outcry but with its disturbing questions intact.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Adjectives
        • Verbs
          • Verb forms
            • Participles
              • Present participles
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        1. en disturbingly
        2. en disturbingness
        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of disturbing for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "disturbing" is an adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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