English to English
adjective
- Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0