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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?
People tend to downplay the mental health repercussions of sexual abuse, especially online abuse, research is showing, and there's just a little research so far, that the online component of sexual abuse can be particularly distressing...It really takes a toll, and parents and the public may not recognize that in younger kids.
It was just kind of mind-boggling. This is a ministerial duty that these board members have taken an oath to uphold and this was incredibly distressing for that short period of time that it stood.
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.
One of the best ways to deal with the depressing and demoralizing impact of the constant barrage of bad news is distraction. We are not burying our head in the sand when we engage in activities that take us away from an otherwise distressing situation.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Translations for distressing
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- menyedihkanIndonesian
- desolante, penoso, dolorosoItalian
- plagsomNorwegian
- shqetësuesAlbanian
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