distressing
US: /dɪˈstɹɛsɪŋ/
UK: /dɪstɹˈɛsɪŋ/
UK: /dɪstɹˈɛsɪŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
distressing /dis'tresiɳ/
- tính từ ((cũng) distressful)
- làm đau buồn, làm đau khổ, làm đau đớn
- làm lo âu, làm lo lắng
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
making you feel extremely upset, especially because of sb's suffering: It was a very distressing documentary. + What could be more distressing than the death of their only child?
distressingly adverb
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 anguish, anxiety, affliction, angst, grief, misery, torment, ache, pain, suffering, agony, torture, woe, woefulness, wretchedness; unhappiness, sorrow, sadness, depression, heartache, desolation:
It is impossible to imagine the distress of a bereaved parent.
2 calamity, trouble, adversity, catastrophe, tragedy, misfortune, difficulty, hardship, straits, trial, disaster:
Has he no sympathy for the distresses that have beset his people?
v.
3 bother, disturb, perturb, upset, trouble, worry, harrow, harry, vex, harass, plague, oppress, grieve, torment, torture, afflict:
The thought of Miss Camberley as a hostage distressed us all.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be | become | find sth
I found the story deeply distressing.
ADV.
deeply, extremely, highly, very | quite, rather | emotionally
PREP.
for
The divorce was extremely distressing for the children.
Concise English dictionary
adj.
+causing distress or worry or anxiety
+bad; unfortunate
distresses|distressed|distressingdɪ'stres
noun
+psychological suffering
+a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
+extreme physical pain
+the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
verb
+cause mental pain to
