Xem thêm: distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying, deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry, hurt, suffering, distraint
distressing adj.
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.
adj.
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
my finances were in a deplorable state
a lamentable decision
her clothes were in sad shape
a sorry state of affairs
n.
the death of his wife caused him great distress
a ship in distress
she was the classic maiden in distress
the patient appeared to be in distress
Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien
v.
The news of her child's illness distressed the mother
