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DISTRESSING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bad; unfortunate
Example:
a sorry state of affairs
Synonyms:
deplorable; distressing; lamentable; pitiful; sad; sorry
Classified under:
Similar:
bad (having undesirable or negative qualities)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Causing distress or worry or anxiety
Example:
a worrying time
Synonyms:
distressful; distressing; disturbing; perturbing; troubling; worrisome; worrying
Classified under:
Similar:
heavy (marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb distress
Context examples:
If we feel for the wretched, enough to do all we can for them, the rest is empty sympathy, only distressing to ourselves.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Apathy/Indifference: How emotionally distressing do you find this behavior?
(NPI - Apathy/Indifference Distress, NCI Thesaurus)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Elation/Euphoria: How emotionally distressing do you find this behavior?
(NPI - Elation/Euphoria Distress, NCI Thesaurus)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Sleep and Nighttime Behavior Disorders: How emotionally distressing do you find this behavior?
(NPI - Sleep and Nighttime Behavior Disorders Distress, NCI Thesaurus)
I seem to have been distressing you for nothing.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Hallucinations: How emotionally distressing do you find this behavior?
(NPI - Hallucinations Distress, NCI Thesaurus)
It provides relief from distressing symptoms including: • Pain • Shortness of breath • Fatigue • Constipation • Nausea • Loss of appetite • Problems with sleep
(Palliative Care, NIH: National Institute of Nursing Research)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Disinhibition: How emotionally distressing do you find this behavior?
(NPI - Disinhibition Distress, NCI Thesaurus)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Appetite and Eating Disorders: How emotionally distressing do you find this behavior?
(NPI - Appetite and Eating Disorders Distress, NCI Thesaurus)
A considerable period elapsed before I discovered one of the causes of the uneasiness of this amiable family: it was poverty, and they suffered that evil in a very distressing degree.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
