distressful

[ UK /dɪstɹˈɛsfə‍l/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. causing distress or worry or anxiety
    a worrying time
    a new and troubling thought
    distressing (or disturbing) news
    a disturbing amount of crime
    a revelation that was most perturbing
    lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
    a worrying situation
    in a particularly worrisome predicament
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How To Use distressful In A Sentence

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  • The grooms were the first he saw, coming out to water their horses; and he asked, in so distressful a manner, what was become of Pamela, that they thought him crazy: and said, Why, what have you to do with Pamela, old fellow? Pamela
  • Why should we make someone lead a painful and distressful life?
  • She bowed her head as if acknowledging the purity of my purpose and finding it distressful even so. THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART ONE OF THE EA CYCLE
  • The distressful effects of dehorning your cattle can be avoided by using Angus.
  • Few things are as distressful as finding oneself lost on the road with no signposts and no one to ask directions.
  • I said: 'It was distressful, but it also propelled me to acquire new skills and broaden my horaizons.
  • By mistake the "distressful" orator had put one ten-pound note into his parcel! Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888)
  • In this stage, the patient uses the distressful affect to change the relevant contingencies.
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