Associations to the word «Distressing»

Wiktionary

DISTRESSING, adjective. Causing distress; upsetting
DISTRESSING, verb. Present participle of distress

Dictionary definition

DISTRESSING, 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".
DISTRESSING, adjective. Bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs".

Wise words

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery