Qualities
Synonyms for disturbing
The synonym for disturbing recorded in this bank is worrying, in the sense "causing distress or worry or anxiety". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for disturbing
- worryingadjective, in the sense "causing distress or worry or anxiety"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day disturbing is audited in a second meaning.
causing distress or worry or anxiety
A disturbing amount of crime.
The true synonym
worrying
Same sentence, swapped: A worrying amount of crime.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- awkward
- suspenseful
- charged
Where disturbing turns up in the game
disturbing is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where disturbing is the trap
- embarrassingadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is mortifying, in the sense "causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation", so disturbing is there to be ruled out.
Play disturbing
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so disturbing reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company disturbing keeps.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
disturbing is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.