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English-Thai Dictionary

distressing

ADJ ไม่ มีความสุข  คับแค้นใจ  เสียใจ  กังวลใจ  anquished anxious worried troubled mai-me-kwam-suk

 

distressingly

ADV อย่าง เป็นทุกข์  อย่าง ไม่ มีความสุข  yang-pen-tuk

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISTRESSING

ppr. 1. Giving severe pain; oppressing with affliction.
2. a. Very afflicting; affecting with severe pain; as a distressing sickness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISTRESSING

DISTRESSING Dis *tress "ing, a.

 

Defn: Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.

 

DISTRESSING

DISTRESSING Dis *tress "ing, adv.

 

Defn: In a distressing manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

distressing

dis tress ing |disˈtresiNG dɪˈstresɪŋ | adjective causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting: some very distressing news. DERIVATIVES dis tress ing ly adverb [ as submodifier ] : the pattern was distressingly familiar

 

Oxford Dictionary

distressing

dis ¦tress |ing |dɪˈstrɛsɪŋ | adjective causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting: some very distressing news. DERIVATIVES distressingly adverb [ as submodifier ] : the pattern was distressingly familiar

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

distressing

distressing adjective the news was terribly distressing: upsetting, worrying, disturbing, disquieting, painful, traumatic, agonizing, harrowing; sad, saddening, heartbreaking, heart-rending; informal gut-wrenching. ANTONYMS comforting.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

distressing

distressing adjective it was distressing to hear her talking like that: upsetting, worrying, affecting, painful, traumatic, agonizing, harrowing, tormenting; sad, saddening, pitiful, heartbreaking, heart-rending, tragic, haunting; disturbing, unsettling, disquieting; shocking, alarming; informal gut-wrenching; rare distressful. ANTONYMS comforting.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

distressing

dis tr ss ing 形容詞 苦悩を与える [悩ます ] (ような ), 痛ましい, 悲惨な .ly 副詞