Synonyms for troubling
trou·bling

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1. distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worryingadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   perturbing, unreassuring, worrying, deplorable, sorry, sad, disturbing, lamentable, distressful, worrisome, distressing, pitiful

   Antonyms:
   light

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1. List of paraphrases for "troubling":

   disturbing, worrying, worrisome, unsettling, disquieting, alarming, distressing, disruptive, disconcerting, troublesome

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1. I Ching:

   Everything proceeds as if of its own accord, and this can all too easily tempt us to relax and let things take their course without troubling over details. Such indifference is the root of all evil.

2. Thomas Jordan:

   There were a lot of troubling statements that were inappropriate and not indicative of the rest of Montgomery County police police force.

3. Clifton Newman:

   This is one of the most troubling cases for the judge, the state, the defense, the media coverage throughout the nation, you have a wife who has been murdered. A son who has been savagely murdered. A lawyer, a person from the respected family who has controlled justice in this community for over a century, a person whose grandfather hang at the back of the courthouse who I had to have ordered removed in order to ensure that a fair trial was had by both the state and the defense.

4. Arianna Huffington:

   I feel the mainstreaming of Donald Trump, instead of him being treated as an extreme, dangerous candidate, is really the most troubling aspect of American politics right now, he’s being interviewed on all the main shows, and he’s being asked questions about what his first State of the Union address would be like if he wins, instead of actually being forced to answer the tough questions about his policy, especially his policy of wanting to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., which is so dangerous, so un-American and should really be the center of the coverage of Trump.

5. Will Johnson:

   This demonstrated questionable decision-making on the part of Officer Miller that contributed to the outcome of this event, i have found several decisions made on scene to be troubling.