It is very distressing to see your baby attached to tubes and monitors...
Tranquillizers help alleviate the distressing symptoms of anxiety.
A distressingly large number of firms have been breaking the rules.
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Distressing — in the decorative arts is the activity of making a piece of furniture or object appear aged and older, and there are many methods to produce an appearance of age and wear. Distressing is viewed as a refinishing technique although it is the… … Wikipedia
Distressing — Dis*tress ing, adv. In a distressing manner. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distressing — dis*tress ing (d[i^]s*tr[e^]s [i^]ng), a. Causing distress; painful; unpleasant. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distressing — index bleak (not favorable), cruel, deplorable, detrimental, disastrous, insufferable, irksome, lamentable … Law dictionary
distressing — adj. 1) deeply distressing 2) distressing to + inf. (it is distressing to listen to the news) 3) distressing that + clause (it is distressing that nations constantly quarrel) * * * [dɪs tresɪŋ] deeply distressing distressing that + clause (it is… … Combinatory dictionary
distressing — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ find sth ▪ I found the story deeply distressing. ADVERB ▪ extremely … Collocations dictionary
Distressing — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distressing — dis|tress|ing [dıˈstresıŋ] adj also dis|tress|ful [dıˈstresfəl] making you feel very upset ▪ a distressing experience >distressingly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
distressing — dis|tress|ing [ dı stresıŋ ] adjective making you feel extremely unhappy, worried, or upset: distressing news … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
distressing — also distressful adjective making you feel extremely upset and anxious: a distressing experience distressingly adverb distribute, verb (T) 1 to give something such as food, medicine, books etc to a large group of people, especially in a planned… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
