Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb distress
1 sense of distress
Sense 1
distress
=> besiege
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb distress
1 sense of distress
Sense 1
distress
=> besiege
Entailment of verb distress
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb distress
1 sense of distress
Sense 1
distress
=> disturb, upset, trouble
Familiarity of verb distress
distress used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb distress
Sense 1
distress
=> disturb, upset, trouble
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Overview of verb distress
The verb distress has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. distress -- (cause mental pain to)
Overview of adj distressing
The adj distressing has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying -- (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")
2. deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry -- (bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs")
Antonyms of adj distressing
2 senses of distressing
Sense 1
distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying
INDIRECT (VIA heavy) -> light
Sense 2
deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry
INDIRECT (VIA bad) -> good
Similarity of adj distressing
2 senses of distressing
Sense 1
distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying
=> heavy (vs. light)
Sense 2
deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry
=> bad (vs. good)
Attributes of adj distressing
Familiarity of adj distressing
distressing used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Grep of adj distressing
distressing
Overview of verb distress
The verb distress has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. distress -- (cause mental pain to)
Overview of adj distressing
The adj distressing has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying -- (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")
2. deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry -- (bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs")
distressing definition
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