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Meaning of distressing


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  distressing
      adj 1: 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"
             [syn: {distressing}, {distressful}, {disturbing},
             {perturbing}, {troubling}, {worrisome}, {worrying}]
      2: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state";
         "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a
         sorry state of affairs" [syn: {deplorable}, {distressing},
         {lamentable}, {pitiful}, {sad}, {sorry}]


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