Distressful

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing or experiencing distress.
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  • adj. Causing or having distress, strain, or anxiety.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Inflicting or bringing distress; distressing; calamitous: as, a distressful event.
  • Indicating distress; proceeding from pain or anguish: as, distressful cries.
  • Attended with poverty or misery; gained by severe or painful toil.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. causing distress or worry or anxiety
    • Equivalent
    heavy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    distressing   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    heartrending    doleful    woeful    pitiable    woful   
     
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