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English to English adjective
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Causing distress; painful; unpleasant. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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causing distress or worry or anxiety | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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bad; unfortunate | | Example: my finances were in a deplorable state
a lamentable decision
her clothes were in sad shape
a sorry state of affairs
source: wordnet30 adverb
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In a distressing manner. | | source: webster1913
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