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distressing definition
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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 -------------- 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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