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/dɪstrˈɛsɪŋ/ Listen

adjective

distressing adj. Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.

verb

Distress v. t. (past & past part. distressed; pres. part. distressing)

To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable. "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed."

To compel by pain or suffering. "Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of duty."

(Law) To seize for debt; to distrain.

Synonyms: To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict; worry; annoy.

adverb

Distressing adv. In a distressing manner.

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Etymology of 'Distressing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Distressing" Quotes from Famous Books

... you that I regret exceedingly the—the distressing incident of yesterday, and that I sympathize ...

— The Slim Princess • George Ade

... and the election of bishops sometimes became a bitter party contest, with the unpleasant incidents of such competitions. In the midst of the controversy at home the publication of the Oxford Tracts added new asperity to it. A distressing episode of the controversy was the arraignment of no less than four of the twenty bishops on charges affecting their personal character. In the morbid condition of the body ecclesiastic every such hurt festered. The highest febrile temperature ...

— A History of American Christianity • Leonard Woolsey Bacon

... case of one, who, having formerly suffered, might, erroneously perhaps, be distressing herself with anticipations of another similar suffering. That same night, and hardly three hours later, occurred the reverse case. A poor woman, who too probably would find herself, in a day or two, to have suffered the heaviest ...

— Miscellaneous Essays • Thomas de Quincey

... the Professor replied. "That's the Problem, no doubt. Viewed as a Problem, outside of oneself, it is a most interesting one. Viewed as a portion of one's own biography, it is, I must admit, very distressing!" He groaned, but instantly added, with a chuckle, "As to myself, I think you mentioned that ...

— Sylvie and Bruno • Lewis Carroll

... seized upon a person, brought upon him a most distressing horror of mind. This was followed by fever and delirium. But the certain signs of the plague were spots, pustules, and swellings, which spread over the whole body. Death in most cases rapidly followed. ...

— The History of London • Walter Besant

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