distressing, adj.
freq. cnt. 3
freq. cnt. 3
causing distress or worry or anxiety
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3
distressful distressing disturbing perturbing troubling worrisome worrying
sample sentences
"distressing (or disturbing) news""lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"
"a disturbing amount of crime"
"a revelation that was most perturbing"
"a new and troubling thought"
"in a particularly worrisome predicament"
"a worrying situation"
"a worrying time"
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derivationally related form
semantic pointers
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bad; unfortunate
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
deplorable distressing lamentable pitiful sad sorry
sample sentences
"my finances were in a deplorable state""a lamentable decision"
"her clothes were in sad shape"
"a sorry state of affairs"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to