disturbingly
adverb
uk/dɪˈstɜː.bɪŋ.li/us/dɪˈstɝː.bɪŋ.li/in a way that isdisturbing(= making youfeelworriedorupset):
Pollution hasreacheddisturbingly highlevelsin someurbanareas.
Disturbingly, 5% ofwebsitesstatedthat anyinformationcollectedcould be used in any way theychose.
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disturbing
- Thelatestincidentswere disturbinglysimilarto anearlierspateofviolence.
- The manstridingacrossthegrasslookeddisturbinglyfamiliar.
- Thesetragicimagesmaysoonbecomedisturbinglycommon.
Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- alarmingly
- bite
- catch up withsomeone
- come back/home to roostidiom
- disturb
- dread
- frightensomeone/somethingaway/off
- get/go beyond a jokeidiom
- givesomeonethe jimjamsidiom
- givesomeonethe jittersidiom
- gnaw
- rattle
- roost
- stressful
- suspenseful
- swatting
- tense
- tenseness
- trigger