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Synonyms for distressful in English

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distressful:
- miserable; pathetic; wretched; distressful; pitiful; disturbing; worrying; worrisome; troubling; distressing; perturbing

English

Detailed Synonyms for distressful in English

distressful:

distressful adj

distressful
miserable; pathetic; wretched; distressful; pitiful
- miserable adj
- pathetic adj
- wretched adj
- distressful adj
- pitiful adj
distressful

– causing distress or worry or anxiety ¹
disturbing; worrying; worrisome; troubling; distressful; distressing; perturbing
– causing distress or worry or anxiety ¹
- disturbing adj
  - distressing (or disturbing) news¹
  - a disturbing amount of crime¹
- worrying adj
  - a worrying situation¹
  - a worrying time¹
- worrisome adj
  - in a particularly worrisome predicament¹
- troubling adj
  - a new and troubling thought¹
- distressful adj
  - lived in heroic if something distressful isolation¹
- distressing adj
  - distressing (or disturbing) news¹
- perturbing adj
  - a revelation that was most perturbing¹

Alternate Synonyms for "distressful":

distressing; disturbing; perturbing; troubling; worrisome; worrying; heavy

Related Definitions for "distressful":

causing distress or worry or anxiety¹
- lived in heroic if something distressful isolation¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University