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Synonyms for distressing
dis·tress·ing
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
distressing
Synonyms:
depressing, disappointing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretchedAntonyms:
acceptable, agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, satisfying, welcome
Princeton's WordNet
distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worryingadjective
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"
Synonyms:
perturbing, unreassuring, worrying, deplorable, sorry, sad, disturbing, lamentable, distressful, worrisome, troubling, pitifuldeplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorryadjective
bad; unfortunate
"my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
Synonyms:
regretful, deplorable, hapless, no-account, reprehensible, woeful, dismal, troubling, execrable, dingy, disconsolate, perturbing, no-count, good-for-nothing, miserable, worrying, criminal, no-good, vicious, disturbing, dark, grim, sad, piteous, condemnable, lamentable, worrisome, misfortunate, pitiable, bad, poor, pathetic, wretched, sorry, pitiful, gloomy, drab, distressful, dreary, drear, good-for-naught, blue, meritless
Editors Contribution
happy
sometimes people are so happy that others find it distressing
jenna smiled brightly at her mother, who just looked distressed
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
distressingadjective
Synonyms:
grievous, distressful, painful, afflictive
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "distressing":
painful, worrying, disturbing, harrowing, agonizing, sad, alarming, agonising, troubling, regrettable, stressful, depressing, worrisome, disheartening, deplorable, disquieting, disappointing, shocking
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#618 | blue | |
#841 | bad | |
#1640 | dark | |
#1711 | poor | |
#2263 | sorry | |
#2384 | criminal | |
#5071 | sad | |
#8709 | horrible | |
#9372 | painful | |
#13075 | disturbing | |
#14061 | shocking | |
#14856 | grim | |
#15772 | disappointing | |
#15992 | vicious | |
#17102 | miserable | |
#17151 | worrying | |
#18127 | pathetic | |
#20191 | stressful | |
#20906 | depressing | |
#23144 | alarming | |
#25291 | melancholy | |
#25814 | troubling | |
#28539 | dismal | |
#28701 | gloomy | |
#30054 | hateful | |
#30945 | wretched | |
#37338 | dreary | |
#40996 | pitiful | |
#42423 | distressing | |
#43052 | drab | |
#43288 | hapless | |
#44050 | harrowing | |
#53315 | worrisome | |
#54242 | regrettable | |
#55032 | deplorable | |
#55176 | agonizing | |
#58318 | dingy | |
#58505 | reprehensible | |
#60125 | mournful | |
#76343 | disheartening | |
#77165 | woeful | |
#92197 | piteous | |
#93966 | disquieting | |
#95216 | lamentable | |
#119822 | pitiable | |
#132418 | agonising | |
#134051 | regretful | |
#136318 | perturbing | |
#143060 | execrable | |
#155391 | saddening | |
#167212 | disconsolate | |
#169244 | drear | |
#177601 | meritless | |
#262675 | distressful | |
#290986 | condemnable |
How to use distressing in a sentence?
Parents who have not already, should proactively engage their kids around these distressing events, ask them what they know and what they've seen. Ask them how they are feeling. Validate their feelings and let them know what you are doing to keep them safe -- be it in your home or your community.
The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as always, are moral issues.
Providing a controlled space to understand what is going on and ways to process it will help children navigate the distressing emotions, helplessness and fear they may be experiencing.
A country losing touch with its own history is like an old man losing his glasses, a distressing sight, at once vulnerable, unsure, and easily disoriented.
The notion that any child has been hurt as a result of any failings by Westpac is deeply distressing and we are truly sorry. The board unreservedly apologizes, our Board, CEO, and management team are fully committed to fixing these issues and we are taking all steps necessary to urgently close any remaining gaps and fix our policies and procedures so that this can never happen again.
Translations for distressing
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- menyedihkanIndonesian
- desolante, penoso, dolorosoItalian
- plagsomNorwegian
- shqetësuesAlbanian
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