disturbingness
Capacity to unsettle
Disturbingness is the quality of being disturbing—the capacity something has to unsettle, alarm, or cause psychological discomfort.
The word appears primarily in contexts where people assess how unsettling something is: The disturbingness of the footage made it unsuitable for broadcast.
While awkward-sounding to some ears, it fills a gap when "how disturbing something is" needs to function as a noun.
Strength or force level
- severityIntensity of sternness
- degreeUnit of measurement
- profoundnessQuality of great significance
- extremityOutermost part or limit
magnitude · pervasiveness · troubling · alarming · concerning · worrying · disconcerting · problematic
Disturbingly strange
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
ominous · unnerving · haunting · chilling · macabre · ghoulish · unsettling · disquieting
Vividly detailed or visual
- explicitClearly and directly expressed
- violentInvolving physical force
- goryFull of bloodshed
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
gruesome · horrific · shocking · traumatic · triggering · taboo · transgressive · depraved
Mild persistent worry
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
- squirmTwist from discomfort
- cringeShrink from discomfort
- winceReflexive recoil from distress
revulsion · repulsion · aversion · distaste · shudder · recoil · flinch · disquiet
Persistent apprehensive distress
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- fearEmotional response to threat
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- tensionStretched or strained state
nervousness · worry · panic · trepidation · foreboding · angst · hypervigilance · paranoia
intensity
Strength or force level
- severityIntensity of sternness
- degreeUnit of measurement
- profoundnessQuality of great significance
extremity · magnitude · pervasiveness · troubling · alarming · concerning · worrying · disconcerting · problematic · deeply
eerie
Disturbingly strange
spooky · ominous · unnerving · haunting · chilling · macabre · ghoulish · unsettling · disquieting · foreboding
graphic
Vividly detailed or visual
morbid · gruesome · horrific · shocking · traumatic · triggering · taboo · transgressive · depraved · twisted
unease
Mild persistent worry
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
- squirmTwist from discomfort
- cringeShrink from discomfort
wince · revulsion · repulsion · aversion · distaste · shudder · recoil · flinch · disquiet · queasiness
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- fearEmotional response to threat
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
tension · nervousness · worry · panic · trepidation · foreboding · angst · hypervigilance · paranoia · horror
disturbingnesscomfortableness
State of physical ease
pleasantness · warmth · coziness · harmlessness · innocuousness
disturbingnesspeacefulness
State of quiet tranquility
tranquility · serenity · calmness · restfulness · equanimity
disturbingnesspeacefulness
State of quiet tranquility
serenity · restfulness · quietude · placidity · equanimity
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