Hypertext Webster Gateway: "distressful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Distressful \Dis*tress"ful\, a.
Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with,
distress; as, a distressful situation. ``Some distressful
stroke.'' --Shak. ``Distressful cries.'' --Pope. --
{Dis*tress"ful*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
distressful
adj : 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"
[syn: {distressing}, {disturbing}, {perturbing}, {troubling},
{worrisome}, {worrying}]
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