distressing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈstɹɛsɪŋ/

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Adjective

distressing (comparative more distressing, superlative most distressing)

1. Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.

   Synonyms: deplorable, saddening; see also Thesaurus:lamentable

   The details of the ordeal can be distressing to some readers.

   • 1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 766:

     One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width folding doors [...].

Derived terms

• distressingly
• distressingness
• undistressing

Translations

causing distress; upsetting

• Albanian: shqetësues (sq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: angoriga
• Finnish: painostava (fi), huolestuttava (fi)
• German: beängstigend (de), beunruhigend (de), furchteinflößend (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: λυπηρός (lupērós), (Epic) θυμαλγής (thumalgḗs)

• Irish: anacrach, anróiteach, léanmhar, coscrach
• Italian: desolante (it), penoso (it), doloroso (it)
• Maori: tarariki
• Polish: cierpki (pl), hiobowy (pl), niepokojący (pl), przygnębiający (pl), przykry (pl)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: огорчи́тельный (ru) (ogorčítelʹnyj), печа́льный (ru) (pečálʹnyj), го́рестный (ru) (górestnyj)
• Spanish: angustioso (es), distresante

Verb

distressing

1. present participle and gerund of distress