adj
1. causing distress or worry or anxiety
e.g. 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
Synonym: distressingdistressfuldisturbingtroublingworrisomeworrying