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Definition of 'distressing' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying
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"; "a worrying time"

2. (adj) deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry
bad; unfortunate
"my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"


Definition of 'distressing' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) distressing
causing distress; painful; unpleasant

2. (adverb) distressing
in a distressing manner

3.  distressing
of Distress


Translation of 'distressing' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to cause pain or sorrow to
I'm distressed by your lack of interest.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ontstellend, onthutsend Arabic flag Arabic: مَكْروب، مَحْزون، مَغْموم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: печален
Brazilian flag Brazilian: aflitivo Czech flag Czech: úzkostný, zarmucující German flag German: qualvoll
Danish flag Danish: foruroligende; bekymrende Greek flag Greek: οδυνηρός Spanish flag Spanish: doloroso, preocupante, an
Estonian flag Estonian: murettekitav Farsi flag Farsi: رنج آور؛ ناراحت کننده Finnish flag Finnish: ahdistava
French flag French: affligeant Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְצָעֵר, כּוֹאֵב Hindi flag Hindi: दु:खद
Croatian flag Croatian: koji nanosi bol Hungarian flag Hungarian: lesújtó Indonesian flag Indonesian: menyedihkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þjakandi; kvíðvænlegur Italian flag Italian: doloroso, angoscioso Japanese flag Japanese: 悲惨な
Korean flag Korean: 괴롭히는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sukeliantis sielvartą Latvian flag Latvian: sāpinošs
Malay flag Malay: sangat murung Dutch flag Dutch: verdriet veroorzakend Norwegian flag Norwegian: fortvilet, bedrøvelig, be
Polish flag Polish: rozpaczliwy Persian flag Persian: رنج آور؛ ناراحت کننده Pashto flag Pashto: رنځول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: aflitivo Romanian flag Romanian: dureros Russian flag Russian: огорчительный
Slovak flag Slovak: zarmucujúci Slovenian flag Slovenian: žalosten Serbian flag Serbian: zabrinjavajući
Swedish flag Swedish: plågsam, beklämmande, sor Thai flag Thai: ไม่มีความสุข Turkish flag Turkish: acı/ıstırap veren
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 令人苦惱的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: турботний Urdu flag Urdu: اذیت ناک
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đau buồn Chinese flag Chinese: 令人苦恼的,使人痛苦的

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