1. Causing distress or worry or anxiety
   "distressing news"
   - distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying 
2. Bad; unfortunate
   - deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry

1. Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
   - straiten 
2. Cause mental pain to
   "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"

See also: bad, distressingly, heavy

Type of: bother, discommode, disoblige, disturb, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble, upset

Encyclopedia: Distress

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