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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Distressing \Dis*tress"ing\, a. Causing distress; painful; unpleasant. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Distressing \Dis*tress"ing\, adv In a distressing manner. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Distress \Dis*tress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distressed}; p. pr & vb n. {Distressing}.] [Cf. OF destrecier See {Distress}, n.] 1. To cause pain or anguish to to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable. We are troubled on every side yet not distressed. --2 Cor. iv 8. 2. To compel by pain or suffering. Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of duty. --A. Hamilton. 3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain. Syn: To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict; worry; annoy. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: distressing adj 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" [syn: {distressful}, {disturbing}, {perturbing}, {troubling}, {worrisome}, {worrying}] 2: very bad "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: {deplorable}, {lamentable}, {pitiful}, {sad}, {sorry}]
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