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distressing 音標拼音: [dɪstr'ɛsɪŋ] a. 使痛苦的,使煩惱的,悲傷的 使痛苦的,使煩惱的,悲傷的 distressing adj 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" [ synonym: { distressing}, { 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" [ synonym: { deplorable}, { distressing}, { lamentable}, { pitiful}, { sad}, { sorry}] Distress \ Dis* tress"\, v. t. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster] We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. -- 2 Cor. iv. 8. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To compel by pain or suffering. [ 1913 Webster] Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of duty. -- A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Law) To seize for debt; to distrain. Syn: To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict; worry; annoy. [ 1913 Webster]
distressing \ dis* tress" ing\ ( d[ i^] s* tr[ e^] s"[ i^] ng), a. Causing distress; painful; unpleasant. [ 1913 Webster]
Distressing \ Dis* tress" ing\, adv. In a distressing manner. [ 1913 Webster] 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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