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distressful::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying |
| Derivation | distressfulness |
lived in heroic if something distressful isolation.
Examples of distressful
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Mostly because we find staying checked in to be stressful or, rather, distressful.
From the boston.com
Opioids, the narcotics you mentioned, have a place in treating this distressful condition.
From the stltoday.com
If you could help yourself out of this distressful situation, you would.
From the psychcentral.com
Only then can they learn to keep distressful emotions in check.
From the sltrib.com
And what is wrong with escaping something distressful?
From the washingtonpost.com
The survey discovered that those affected find some forms of cyberbullying more distressful than others.
From the sciencedaily.com
Too many inexperienced people are heard above those who have watched incredibly distressful deaths of loved ones, or who see suffering on a daily basis.
From the bbc.co.uk
Billingslea's finely delineated emotional disintegration makes even Othello's usually unbelievable fainting spell both natural and distressful.
From the sfgate.com
No matter how bad or dire, how ugly, how distressful, how dreary, how dark the situation might be, if God can raise Christ from the dead, there is hope.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Distressing: causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a ...
- (distressfully) with distress; "`Doctor Rother says it's his only chance,' she added distressfully"
- (distressfulness) seriousness: the quality of arousing fear or distress; "he learned the seriousness of his illness"
