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   Dis·tress·ing

   /dəˈstresiNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting: "some very distressing news"

   Derivatives

   • 1. distressingly adverb

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   noun. great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble: distress over his mother's illness. Synonyms: tribulation, adversity, anguish, agony. Antonyms: comfort. a state of extreme necessity or misfortune: After the stock market crash, he found himself in great financial distress.

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   great mental or physical suffering, such as extreme anxiety, sadness, or pain, or the state of being in danger or urgent need: emotional / financial distress.

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   having undesirable or negative qualities. adjective. causing distress or worry or anxiety. “ distressing (or disturbing) news” synonyms: distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying. heavy. marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness. Cite this entry. Style: MLA.

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   1. Anxiety or mental suffering. 2. a. Bodily dysfunction or discomfort caused by disease or injury: respiratory distress. b. Physical deterioration, as of a highway, caused by hard use over time: pavement distress. 3. a. The condition of being in need of immediate assistance: a motorist in distress. b.

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   Definition of distressing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   noun. /dɪˈstrɛs/ [uncountable] a feeling of great worry or unhappiness; great suffering The newspaper article caused the actor considerable distress. She was obviously in distress after the attack. deep emotional distress. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?

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   The noun distress refers to a state of severe anxiety or strain, often brought about by failing to study for an exam, harassing grizzly bears, or borrowing your sister's clothes without asking. When used as a verb, to distress means to cause all that pain, suffering and anxiety — in other words, to stress somebody out. Definitions of distress. noun