Associations to the word «Distressful»
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Wiktionary
DISTRESSFUL, adjective. Causing or having distress, strain, or anxiety.
Dictionary definition
DISTRESSFUL, adjective. 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".
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.