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Another word for distressing

adjective

Troubling to the mind or emotions:

disquieting, disruptive, distressful, disturbing, intrusive, perturbing, troublesome, troublous, unsettling, upsetting, worrisome. See happy, pain

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It must be distressing, trying to make logical plans about your future.
Our last session on the day ended on a sad note that was very distressing to Howie.
What emotions were distressing her this time?
As she continued to ask these distressing questions, we left the cemetery.
Of such we may cite tuberculosis of the larynx, formerly as incurable as distressing; and "adenoids" - a disease revealed by intrascopic methods - which used grievously to thwart and stifle the growth both of mind and body in children, are now promptly removed, to the infinite advantage of the rising generation.

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