ALL meanings of distressingly
dis·tress
D d - noun distressingly great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble. 1
- noun distressingly a state of extreme necessity or misfortune. 1
- noun distressingly the state of a ship or airplane requiring immediate assistance, as when on fire in transit. 1
- noun distressingly that which causes pain, suffering, trouble, danger, etc. 1
- noun distressingly liability or exposure to pain, suffering, trouble, etc.; danger: a damsel in distress. 1
- noun distressingly 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 distressingly to dent, scratch, or stain (furniture, lumber, or the like) so as to give an appearance of age. 1
- adjective distressingly afflicted with or suffering distress: distress livestock; distress wheat. 1
- adjective distressingly caused by or indicative of distress or hardship: distress prices; distress borrowing. 1
- verb with object distressingly to afflict with great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; trouble; worry; bother. 1
- verb with object distressingly to subject to pressure, stress, or strain; embarrass or exhaust by strain: to be distressed by excessive work. 1
- verb with object distressingly to compel by pain or force of circumstances: His suffering distressed him into committing suicide. 1
- noun distressingly In a distressing manner; so as to cause distress. 1