unreassuring
Failing to calm
Unreassuring describes something that fails to provide comfort or confidence when reassurance is needed.
An unreassuring medical report leaves you worried rather than relieved.
A pilot's unreassuring tone during turbulence makes passengers more anxious, not less.
The word emphasizes the gap between what you hoped to hear and what you actually got.
Causing unease or discomfort
- worryingAnxious mental preoccupation
- troublingCausing unease or concern
- nerve-wrackingCausing extreme anxiety
- disconcertingCausing unease or confusion
alarming · distressing · unnerving · disquieting · discomforting · agitating · perturbing · dismaying
Fearful anticipation of harm
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- grimHarsh and foreboding
bleak · dark · gloomy · dire · portentous · inauspicious · unpromising · discouraging
Not able to persuade
- unpersuasiveFailing to convince
- dubiousOf uncertain reliability
- questionableOf uncertain validity
- suspectBelieve to be likely
sketchy · implausible · incredible · unbelievable · fishy · shaky · flimsy · weak
unsettling
Causing unease or discomfort
- worryingAnxious mental preoccupation
- troublingCausing unease or concern
- nerve-wrackingCausing extreme anxiety
disconcerting · alarming · distressing · unnerving · disquieting · discomforting · agitating · perturbing · dismaying · flustering
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
grim · bleak · dark · gloomy · dire · portentous · inauspicious · unpromising · discouraging · disheartening
unconvincing
Not able to persuade
- unpersuasiveFailing to convince
- dubiousOf uncertain reliability
- questionableOf uncertain validity
suspect · sketchy · implausible · incredible · unbelievable · fishy · shaky · flimsy · weak · hollow
unreassuringreassuring
Restoring calm or confidence
comforting · soothing · consoling · calming · assuring
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