ALL meanings of distressing
dis·tress
D d - noun distressing great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble. 1
- noun distressing a state of extreme necessity or misfortune. 1
- noun distressing the state of a ship or airplane requiring immediate assistance, as when on fire in transit. 1
- noun distressing that which causes pain, suffering, trouble, danger, etc. 1
- noun distressing liability or exposure to pain, suffering, trouble, etc.; danger: a damsel in distress. 1
- noun distressing Law. the legal seizure and detention of the goods of another as security or satisfaction for debt, etc.; the act of distraining. the thing seized in distraining. 1
- noun distressing to dent, scratch, or stain (furniture, lumber, or the like) so as to give an appearance of age. 1
- adjective distressing afflicted with or suffering distress: distress livestock; distress wheat. 1
- adjective distressing caused by or indicative of distress or hardship: distress prices; distress borrowing. 1
- verb with object distressing to afflict with great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; trouble; worry; bother. 1
- verb with object distressing to subject to pressure, stress, or strain; embarrass or exhaust by strain: to be distressed by excessive work. 1
- verb with object distressing to compel by pain or force of circumstances: His suffering distressed him into committing suicide. 1
- noun distressing Causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting. 1
- adjective distressing emotionally upsetting 1
- adjective distressing causing anxiety 1
- adjective distressing If something is distressing, it upsets you or worries you. 0
- verb distressing present participle of distress. 0
- adjective distressing Causing distress; upsetting. 0