Disturbing
Disturbing adjective - Causing annoyance.
Usage example: a disturbing visit by the next-door neighbor while I was trying to study
Mischievous and disturbing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mischievous" instead an adjective "Disturbing".
Mischievous
Mischievous adjective - Tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness.
Disturbing and mischievous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disturbing" instead an adjective "Mischievous".
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Gremlins was a dark comedy about frightening, mischievous creatures with plenty of violent and disturbing scenes that along with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was the reason the PG-13 rating was made.
Source: Denser and Wackier - Dennis the Menace: In what was billed as a lighthearted comedy based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip about a mischievous 6-year-old boy who idolization of his elderly neighbor is (often) unrequited, there is a deeply disturbing TRYSS speech near the movie's climatic point.
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