troubling
adjective
trou·bling
ˈtrə-b(ə-)liŋ 
: causing feelings of worry or anxiety
a troubling news report
It's not just trauma survivors who may be distracted or derailed by shocking or troubling material …—
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troublingly
adverb
Examples of troubling in a Sentence
the most troubling sign of all is that he's stopped returning my phone calls
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Trump imperils Harvard’s nonprofit status Don Ingber, a renowned biologist at Harvard, woke up this week to a troubling email.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
From around 2006 to 2010, a series of major business downturns, including a bankruptcy filing and several key lawsuits, led Kinkade into a downward spiral of troubling public behavior and substance abuse.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
The Maui wildfires of 2023 offered an early warning of this troubling convergence.
—Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
But the efforts produced uneven results and sometimes troubling side effects like uncontrolled movement.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 17 Apr. 2025
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Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
From around 2006 to 2010, a series of major business downturns, including a bankruptcy filing and several key lawsuits, led Kinkade into a downward spiral of troubling public behavior and substance abuse.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
The Maui wildfires of 2023 offered an early warning of this troubling convergence.
—Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
But the efforts produced uneven results and sometimes troubling side effects like uncontrolled movement.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Troubling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troubling. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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