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distressing::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry |
distressing::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying |
distressing (or disturbing) news.
Examples of distressing
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Carlos'book also contains more than a handful of genuinely distressing episodes.
From the sfgate.com
I find it distressing to see post coming in for her when she is no longer there.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The EU should find this only slightly less distressing than the chaos in Athens.
From the businessweek.com
This is rather distressing for those hoping to see a quick drop in unemployment.
From the theatlantic.com
No one wants to lose their hair, but for a woman it is particularly distressing.
From the orlandosentinel.com
If someone doesn't like me or thinks badly of me it is really distressing to me.
From the edeneatseverything.com
A 1996 issue of the medical journal The Lancet carried a distressing case study.
From the newscientist.com
The London agenda will also include the distressing problems of the Third World.
From the time.com
Things get more personal, and more distressing, once actual construction begins.
From the latimes.com
- 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 worrying situation ...
- Deplorable: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
- (distressingly) painfully: unpleasantly; "his ignorance was painfully obvious"
- (distressingness) painfulness: the quality of being painful; "she feared the painfulness of childbirth"
- (distress) psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
- (distress) straiten: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- Distressing in the decorative arts is the activity of making a piece of furniture or object appear aged and older, and there are many methods to produce an appearance of age and wear. ...
- Distraint or distress is "the seizure of someoneu2019s property in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed", especially in common law countries...
- (Distress (medicine)) In medicine, distress is an aversive state in which an animal is unable to adapt completely to stressors and their resulting stress and shows maladaptive behaviors. It can be evident in the presence of various phenomena, such as inappropriate social interaction (e.g. ...
