unsettling
Definitions
Causing anxiety, uneasiness, or disturbance.
Disconcerting or upsetting to one's composure.
Examples
The abandoned house had an unsettling atmosphere that made us want to leave immediately.
It was deeply unsettling to hear the stranger whispering my name in the dark.
The sudden change in his behavior was quite unsettling to his closest friends.
Synonyms
disturbing disquieting unnerving troubling disconcerting alarming