adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a worrying/disturbing aspect
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The worrying aspect is that it gets worse every year.
an alarming/worrying/disturbing trend
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I have detected a worrying trend of late.
horrible/disturbing
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A horrible thought struck her: could he be having an affair?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
deeply
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It is radical, revolutionary and deeply disturbing .
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But the mythical basis for these gratifying notions is, once again, deeply disturbing .
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I found this a deeply disturbing work, an impression which was further intensified upon repeat hearings.
more
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But somehow this latest encounter with Matthew had been even more disturbing than their encounter in the cupboard.
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Talking of Random House - and who isn't - more disturbing news reaches me.
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Another, more disturbing , thought jarred Holman's mind.
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All this was awful enough, but a yet more disturbing revelation was to come.
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Once the father was imprisoned, new and even more disturbing allegations began to emerge from the children.
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They passed a counter above which hung trusses of pigeons, pheasants and other less identifiable but more disturbing birds.
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But when he arrives down under, the simple enquiry leads to other more disturbing questions.
most
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One of the most disturbing features of the case was how patients' protestations of abuse were ignored.
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One of the most disturbing aspects of the report relates to the financing of the committee.
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But the strikes themselves have left the most disturbing legacy.
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Complacency on the part of the home owner is the most disturbing factor in domestic security.
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The flickering firelight revealed an appearance that was most disturbing .
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This is most disturbing , Lennon.
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The most disturbing threat to our freedom and security is the growing disrespect for the rule of law.
rather
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The anchoress would be interred in this room in an impressive if rather disturbing ceremony during a Mass for the Dead.
very
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It happens frequently and it's very disturbing .
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This was very disturbing emotionally for George, but it really had to be done.
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I find it very disturbing and unwelcome to have you go touching me as you do.
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However, the disappearance of the Soviet Union will have very disturbing consequences.
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The possible consequences of this are very disturbing indeed.
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Except that there was the very disturbing thought lodged somewhere in her mind that she didn't want it to be harmless.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It's very disturbing , the way they're getting rid of older employees.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I dismissed the thoughts as too disturbing and concentrated instead on Selkirk's poem.
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I have never been regular, so it is not disturbing to find them light, blotchy and short-lived.
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It seems to open up all the disturbing conflicts and inconsistencies which have been at the heart of their problems.
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Mr Milburn said the new statistics also revealed a disturbing trend towards long-term unemployment.
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That these drugs themselves may actually be adding to that incidence is a disturbing thought.
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The pier at the right is also disturbing - because it is an unobtrusive detail.
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Yet Sophia was not usually the kind of person to say disturbing things.