Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with disturbing in American Collocation
disturbing
adjective
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/dɪˈstɜrbɪŋ/
very
deeply
extremely
genuinely
highly
particularly
profoundly
very
Many people find this a profoundly disturbing book.
rather
a little
quite
rather
slightly
somewhat
These very short dream-like stories are a little disturbing.
in a way that is difficult to define
strangely
vaguely
I found the exhibition astonishing and fascinating, and strangely disturbing.
tendency
tendency
trend
Over the last few years a rather disturbing trend has emerged.
news
footage
news
report
In episode 4, Stephen gets some disturbing news.
feature
aspect
feature
quality
The inexperience of the care staff was a particularly disturbing feature of the evidence.
fact
evidence
fact
findings
statistic
thing
truth
It’s a disturbing fact that the UK is top of the list for cocaine use.
picture
image
picture
The economic forecasts for this year paint an even more disturbing picture.
experience or situation
event
experience
incident
situation
All in all it was a slightly disturbing experience.