Associations to the word «Distressing»
Noun
- Malady
- Perplexity
- Symptom
- Shipwreck
- Cough
- Calamity
- Predicament
- Circumstance
- Sufferer
- Affliction
- Coping
- Spectacle
- Anxiety
- Suffering
- Exertion
- Obsession
- Misery
- Thirst
- Fanny
- Situation
- Fatigue
- Tendency
- Distress
- Reminder
- Tiding
- Trauma
- Sensation
- Illness
- Apprehension
- Novelty
- Wail
- Vomiting
- Flashback
- Complaint
- Occurrence
- Freud
- Whale
- Emotion
- Repetition
- Pain
- Recollection
- Bullock
- Feeling
- Stimulus
- Grief
- Crise
- Blaine
- Sick
- Affection
- Scene
- Agitation
- Misfortune
- Consequence
- Experience
- Impulse
- Extreme
Adjective
Wiktionary
DISTRESSING, adjective. Causing distress; upsetting
DISTRESSING, verb. Present participle of distress
Dictionary definition
DISTRESSING, adjective. 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".
DISTRESSING, adjective. Bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs".
Wise words
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.