Bad and Unnerving

Bad

Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

Unnerving and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unnerving" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Unnerving

Unnerving adjective - Marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings.

Bad and unnerving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Unnerving".

Nearby Words: unnerve, unnerved

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / TRON: Legacy There's also masked, black-clad bad guy Rinzler with an unnerving Verbal Tic and actually being former good guy Tron, who returns to the light side and tries to kill his evil master at the end.
  • Bad Powers, Bad People It's currently unknown whether he's a decent guy who got a really bad rap for what seems to be a pretty unnerving lack of control for his abilities, or if he's just a little screwy to begin with, got such twisted magic, and then went psycho before developing a conscience.
  • Literature / Under the Dome Psychic Dreams for Everyone: Well, not everyone, but all of the children in town and anyone who passes through the radiation belt near the orchard experience unnerving dreams of something bad going down in Chester's Mill.
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