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say it: di-STRES-ing
distressing is an adjective meaning "causing distress or worry or anxiety". It carries 2 recorded senses.
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”
bad; unfortunate
“my finances were in a deplorable state”
“a lamentable decision”
“her clothes were in sad shape”
“a sorry state of affairs”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for distressing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.