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DISTRESSING

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bad; unfortunateplay

Example:

a sorry state of affairs

Synonyms:

deplorable; distressing; lamentable; pitiful; sad; sorry

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

bad (having undesirable or negative qualities)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Causing distress or worry or anxietyplay

Example:

a worrying time

Synonyms:

distressful; distressing; disturbing; perturbing; troubling; worrisome; worrying

Classified under:

Adjectives

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

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 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)




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