Distressful

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Distressful \Dis*tress"ful\, a.
     Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with,
     distress; as, a distressful situation. "Some distressful
     stroke." --Shak. "Distressful cries." --Pope.
  
     Syn: distressing.


          [1913 Webster] -- {Dis*tress"ful*ly}, adv.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  distressful
       adj : 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"
             [syn: {distressing}, {disturbing}, {perturbing}, {troubling},
              {worrisome}, {worrying}]