Antonyms for distressingdis·tress·ing

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1. distressing

   Antonyms:
   acceptable, agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, satisfying, welcome

   Synonyms:
   depressing, disappointing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretched

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1. 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"

   Antonyms:
   light, good

   Synonyms:
   perturbing, unreassuring, worrying, deplorable, sorry, sad, disturbing, lamentable, distressful, worrisome, troubling, pitiful

2. deplorable, 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"

   Antonyms:
   light, good

   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

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1. distressingadjective

   Synonyms:
   grievous, distressful, painful, afflictive

How to use distressing in a sentence?

1. Mandela Barnes:

   I can't take a vote of confidence or a vote of lack of confidence, but if I could, probably would take that vote because it is distressing, like I said, there is no condemnation hardly for the person who actually killed two people.

2. Adam Leventhal:

   ADHD's been linked with substance use disorders during adulthood and even involvement in the criminal justice system, and the symptoms are distressing for the person affected, if we can identify any potential risk factor that is implicated in this disorder then that's important, especially ones that are modifiable like digital media use.

3. Acting Inspector Ben Jarman:

   The human remains were the primary focus of the offender and that is what we are focusing on, it's very distressing for the families. They expect their loved ones to be put to rest at peace.

4. Richard Lessells:

   What I found disgusting and really distressing... was not just the travel ban being implemented by the United Kingdom and Europe but that that was the only reaction or the strongest reaction. There was no word of support that they're going to offer to African countries to help us control the pandemic.

5. Bruno Asnicar:

   These events are extremely distressing for everyone, police officers aren't immune from that. We're human beings as well.

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