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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Distressful \Dis*tress"ful\, a. Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with distress; as a distressful situation. ``Some distressful stroke.'' --Shak. ``Distressful cries.'' --Pope. -- {Dis*tress"ful*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: distressful adj : 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" [syn: {distressing}, {disturbing}, {perturbing}, {troubling}, {worrisome}, {worrying}]
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