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 é 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