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distressful - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'distressful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Distressful [ a.]
- Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation.

Meaning of 'distressful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . distressful [ s]
Meaning (1):
- causing distress or worry or anxiety
Example in sentence:
  • a disturbing amount of crime;
  • a new and troubling thought;
  • a revelation that was most perturbing;
  • a worrying situation;
  • a worrying time;
  • distressing (or disturbing) news;
  • in a particularly worrisome predicament;
  • lived in heroic if something distressful isolation

Nearby Words:

dis dis- disabilities disability disable disabled disablement disabling disabuse disabused

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