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