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Distressful Moderate

Distressful has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
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"

2

Causing or feeling distress, strain, or anxiety.

Example Sentences
"distressing (or disturbing) news" adjective
"lived in heroic if something distressful isolation" adjective
"a disturbing amount of crime" adjective
"a revelation that was most perturbing" adjective
"a new and troubling thought" adjective
"in a particularly worrisome predicament" adjective
"a worrying situation" adjective
"a worrying time" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
awful woful urnful earful endful woeful cupful hueful dueful manful jugful aimful wilful aidful useful canful binful busful armful owlful
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