Distressing synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing.
Wretched; bad:
The definition of dreadful is terrible, shocking or very disturbing.
Inclined to feel anxiety or apprehension; timid; nervous.
Causing grief, pain, or anguish:
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Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.
Causing pain; hurting; distressing
Physically painful:
Ld. Berners
Characterized by or causing trouble or anxiety.
The definition of woeful is something really bad or pathetic, or something characterized by sorrow or misery.
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Radically reconfiguring a particular field of business, as by implementing new technologies or a more competitive business model:
Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
Troubling to the mind or emotions
Causing trouble; troublesome.
happy (related)
Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.
pain (related)
Troubling to the mind or emotions
The definition of lamentable is something to view with regret or pity.
The definition of pitiful is a person of thing for which one feels sorry.
To bring into difficulties; cause to be in distress or want
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To inflict wounds or a wound on.
To worry is defined as to feel anxiety or nervousness.
To annoy, harass, or tease
To confuse or trouble with uncertainty or doubt.
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To cause physical pain to; hurt:
To be in need
(Informal) To experience distress, especially of a financial kind; be in need:
To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.
To cause to be sorrowful; distress:
To discomfort is defined as to make someone feel uncomfortable or to cause slight pain.
To constrain is to impose limitations or restrictions on someone or something, or to force yourself or someone else to act in a certain way.
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(Intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
To distress; afflict.
To cause pain or suffering to; distress very much
To cause physical harm to; hurt:
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To cause anxiety or uneasiness in:
To worry or be worried
The definition of ail is to feel sick or have pain.
helping (antonym)
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
calming (antonym)
To calm means to soothe and pacify someone to make him free of stress, or to become free of stress yourself.
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depressing (related)
To lessen the activity or force of something; weaken.
bothering (related)
To worry or trouble, esp. with petty annoyances; harass, pester, etc.
traumatic (related)
stressful (related)
unpleasant (related)
debilitating (related)
frustrating (related)
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embarrassing (related)
hurtful (related)
That causes physical or mental pain
The definition of intrusive is someone or something that invades personal space, that becomes too involved or that comes too close without being invited.
comforting (antonym)
(Law) To help; aid
Find another word for distressing. In this page you can discover 68 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for distressing, like: unsettling, deplorable, distressful, dreadful, fearful, frightening, grievous, nagging, painful, poignant and regrettable.