troublingly
adverb
uk/ˈtrʌb.əl.ɪŋ.li/us/ˈtrʌb.əl.ɪŋ.li/in a way thatcausesworry:
Theplanheannouncedwas troublinglyvague.
We were bothrealisinghow troublinglycomplexourinteractionshadbecome.
See
troubling
- Troublingly, thecountryshowsnosignof giving up thedangeroustechnologiesit hasdeveloped.
- Arrestsrelatedtounderagedrinkingare troublingly high.
- They aresmallinnumberbut canseemtroublinglyinfluential.
Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- alarmingly
- bite
- catch up withsomeone
- come back/home to roostidiom
- disturb
- dread
- frighten
- frightensomeone/somethingaway/off
- get/go beyond a jokeidiom
- givesomeonethe jimjamsidiom
- givesomeonethe jittersidiom
- rattle
- roost
- stresssomeoneout
- stressful
- suspenseful
- swatting
- tense
- tenseness