Meaning & Definition of Troubling in English

1. Causing distress or worry or anxiety

• "Distressing (or disturbing) news"

• "Lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"

• "A disturbing amount of crime"

• "A revelation that was most perturbing"

• "A new and troubling thought"

• "In a particularly worrisome predicament"

• "A worrying situation"

• "A worrying time"