verb : DISTRESSING
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship ;
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2. (
) cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother" ;
Adjective : DISTRESSING
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) causing distress or worry or anxiety; "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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2. (
) bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" ;
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