English > distressful: 1 sense > adjective 1Meaning | Causing distress or worry or anxiety. |
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Example | "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation" |
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Synonyms | distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying |
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Broader | heavy | marked by great psychological weight |
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Spanish | doloroso, inquietante, lamentable, penoso, perturbador, preocupante, triste |
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Catalan | dolorós, inquietant, lamentable, penós, preocupant, trist |
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Nouns | distressfulness | the quality of arousing fear or distress |
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Adverbs | distressfully | with distress |
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