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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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