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Meanings of troubling in inglés

Causing distress or worry or anxiety.

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Examples for "worrying"
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Sunak's focus on the labour market is welcome given worrying survey data.
Reuters
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They added: London is at a very worrying tipping point right now.
Independent.ie
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However, a senior official at the ministry said the report was worrying.
Reuters
4
A surgeon had described it as neither a major nor worrying problem.
The Irish Times
5
The level of disrespect for the rule of law is absolutely worrying.
The South African
1
She said it was disturbing given the large number of reported cases.
Radio NZ
2
This story is profoundly disturbing but necessary in our current political climate.
The South African
3
I welcome this opportunity to address these important and very disturbing issues.
The Irish Times
4
Frank Gardner's report contains some disturbing images Available to UK users only
BBC
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The novel is an often disturbing, often funny and always epic work.
The Guardian
1
Recent cases concerning child pornography raise two aspects of this distressing crime.
The Irish Times
2
Warning: This story includes content that may be distressing to some listeners.
Radio NZ
3
The situation becomes even more distressing in the context of school funding.
Ebony
4
Warning: This story contains some distressing details, which may upset some people.
Radio NZ
5
Warning: This story contains details that may be distressing for some people.
Radio NZ
1
They were referring to worrisome, of course, in the long term sense.
Wired
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This has particularly worrisome implications for current HIV treatment as prevention interventions.
The South African
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And the result is not just general disappointment and worrisome social unrest.
The Guardian
4
Scuds... are particularly worrisome because they can carry chemical payloads, he said.
Reuters
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But home ownership data for pre-retirees points to a more worrisome trend.
Reuters
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Marie McNamara is his distressful wife and Lorraine Horgan his distressed daughter.
The Irish Times
2
To dream of an echo, portends that distressful times are upon you.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
3
O, a sick headache-sudden and distressful-hewas subject to them; poor Philip!
Hubert's Wife / A Story for You
4
Why, then, O king, hast thou come to such a distressful end?
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
5
Silence followed, and Sidwell seemed to lose herself in distressful thought.
Born in Exile
1
His words seem to speak to people in perturbing or profound ways.
The Irish Times
2
In this scenario, each perturbing chemical is analogous to a specific mutation.
Pubmed
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But a dim memory was awakening in him, frightfully perturbing to his mind.
Sisters
4
But she is gestating, and gestation with her is always perturbing.
What I Remember, Volume 2
5
Next morning Joe Lake returned and imparted news that was perturbing to Shefford.
The Rainbow Trail
Usage of troubling in inglés
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I called the police six days ago to report a troubling situation.
Think of a number
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That kind of success rate is troubling, given the meticulously managed conditions.
Wired
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This is a deeply troubling presidency-anda dangerous period in American history.
The post-american presidency: the obama administration's war on ...
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An Israeli security research firm has come forward with a troubling discovery.
Wired
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Too often these youths are troubling statistics in need of a solution.
Reuters
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Physicians said the possible exemption of premium cigars from regulation was troubling.
Reuters
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The recent complex attack on Bagram Air Field raises similarly troubling questions.
Wired
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These are just some of the many themes troubling young people today.
Radio NZ
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This week, the AIDS Foundations released troubling results from its latest survey.
Radio NZ
10
REGULATION Other aspects of the property market's recovery are more troubling, however.
Reuters
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Mind Moves:Last week, I attended a function that I found deeply troubling.
The Irish Times
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Even more troubling, newspapers can overvalue police accounts of their own violence.
The Guardian
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This question is troubling because I think, fundamentally, the media is non-partisan.
NY Magazine
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In these uncertain, troubling times, it could be exactly what people need.
The Guardian
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He can no longer put off troubling questions: where were the students?
The new yorker
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He means well. Whatever happened to be troubling me at the moment.
Rebel island
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