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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
distressing \dis*tress"ing\ (d[i^]s*tr[e^]s"[i^]ng), adjective Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Distressing \Dis*tress"ing\, adverb In a distressing manner.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Distress \Dis*tress"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Distressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distressing}.] [Cf. OF. destrecier. See {Distress}, n.]
1. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. --2 Cor. iv. 8.
2. To compel by pain or suffering.
Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of duty. --A. Hamilton.
3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain.
Syn: To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict; worry; annoy.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
distressing
adjective
1: 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: {distressful}, {disturbing}, {perturbing}, {troubling}, {worrisome}, {worrying}]
2: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: {deplorable}, {lamentable}, {pitiful}, {sad}, {sorry}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "distressing": acute, affecting, afflictive, agonizing, annoying, atrocious, baleful, baneful, biting, bitter, bleak, bothersome, calamitous, chafing, cheerless, comfortless, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive, counterproductive, cramping, cruel, damaging, deadly, deleterious, deplorable, depressing, depressive, detrimental, dire, disadvantageous, discomforting, dismal, dismaying, disquieting, disserviceable, distressful, disturbing, dolorific, dolorogenic, dolorous, dreary, excruciating, fretting, gnawing, grave, grievous, griping, harassing, hard, harmful, harrowing, harsh, heartbreaking, hurtful, hurting, injurious, joyless, lamentable, lethal, malefic, malevolent, malign, malignant, mischievous, mournful, moving, noisome, noxious, ominous, painful, paroxysmal, pathetic, pernicious, piercing, piteous, pitiable, plaguing, poignant, poisonous, prejudicial, pungent, racking, regrettable, rueful, sad, saddening, scatheful, severe, sharp, shooting, sore, sorrowful, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, stabbing, stinging, tormenting, torturous, touching, toxic, troublesome, uncomfortable, unfortunate, upsetting, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent, woebegone, woeful, worrisome, worrying, wretched
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