distressing
34
4.6
- adjective
- /dɪˈstrɛsɪŋ/
- Specialized
- The news of the accident was extremely distressing for everyone involved.
- a distressing experience
- a distressing event
- distressing symptoms
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Watch on YouTubeThat is one of the most distressing things I've ever read.
- That is one of the most distressing things I've ever read.
- Those stats are still distressing and that clip itself was disturbing.
- Wow, that's so distressing because that feels very plausible.
- But for most people, it's extremely stressing, distressing to think about their own mortality.
- It was distressing to to to other people and so there was a pushback.
- It was distressing to to to other people and so there was a push back.
- I alluded earlier to aspects of both agendas that I found quite distressing.
- And you can really go down a hellhole in some ways if your thoughts are distressing or painful and that kind of thing.
- And so, you know, it's not just, I think some parents think, oh, it's, yeah, they might see something distressing or, yeah, a predator might talk to them.
- Modern science not taught in medical schools for reasons that are interesting but rather distressing.
- They're expressing less on paper of their particular emotions that they can recall from that traumatic or very distressing event.
- I was sent one other Mac Tonight themed thing and it is, no exaggeration, too distressing to show on TV.
- So it's quite distressing if other days you don't want to come to the ward because a child will die in your hands.
- They hear the word molestation and they they might default to the thing that is the least distressing to them you know that there's a a hand grab of the rear end.
Examples
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I know this must have been distressing for you.
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So being left alone is not just mentally distressing, it's physically distressing as well.
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Is there anything in the room that is distressing to you?
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The phase that we're in right now is the most distressing one.
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This must have been very distressing for you, coming as it did.
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I see a very distressing tendency in this country, in India.
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I've got to be honest, this is very distressing for me.
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This may be distressing for you to see and hear, but please know that your presence will not be in vain.
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For the entire community, the show of police force triggered distressing and often traumatic associations.
Academic text (2008) -
Functional disorders are distressing to patients and are often chronic and long-lasting.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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1.0
Bad or unfortunate and likely to make people feel unhappy
670
1.0
Making someone feel physical hurt or strong emotional upset
357
4.2
Causing worry or fear
173
4.0
Causing worry or distress
104
2.5
Making someone feel sad or worried
68
4.2
Making you feel worried or uneasy
45
8.2
Causing very strong fear or sadness
42
3.9
Causing worry or concern
40
5.9
Causing very strong physical or emotional pain
33
3.5
Making people feel worried
27
2.0
Making people feel nervous or concerned
17
7.4
That makes you feel very sad and upset
13
3.5
To make someone feel very sad and often cry
3
5.5
Making people feel very worried and disappointed
3
4.2
Causing someone to feel uneasy or worried
1
6.8
Something that makes you feel worried or uneasy
1
6.2
Making someone feel very worried or upset
Antonyms
How Distressing
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6.3
- Specialized
34
4.6
173
4.0
104
2.5
13
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Distressing comes from distress, a word that once meant being under stress or 'pressure'. So a distressing event feels like it 'squeezes' your feelings and causes worry or pain.