Distressful — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

causing distress or worry or anxiety

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈiːziɪst/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪstɹˈɛsfəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪstɹˈɛsfəl/

3 syllables Say it as /ˈiːziɪst/.

Examples

distressing (or disturbing) news
lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
a disturbing amount of crime

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

perturbing worrying troubling disturbing distressing worrisome

Parts of Speech

adjective

causing distress or worry or anxiety

“distressing (or disturbing) news”

Word Forms

distressfulness

noun

the quality of arousing fear or distress

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

beunruhigend

Kummer, Sorgen oder Ängste hervorrufen

🇫🇷French

pénible

causer de la détresse, de l'inquiétude ou de l'anxiété

🇪🇸Spanish

doloroso

causando angustia, preocupación o ansiedad

🇮🇹Italian

angosciante

causando angoscia, preoccupazione o ansia

🇳🇱Dutch

verontrustend

angst, zorgen of angst veroorzaken

🇵🇹Portuguese

angustiante

causando angústia, preocupação ou ansiedade

🇷🇺Russian

мучительный

причинение беспокойства, беспокойства или беспокойства

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मातमी

कष्ट या चिंता या व्यग्रता उत्पन्न करना

🇧🇩Bengali

কষ্টকর

কষ্ট বা উদ্বেগ বা উদ্বেগ সৃষ্টি করে

🇮🇳Tamil

துன்பம் தரும்

துன்பம் அல்லது கவலை அல்லது கவலையை ஏற்படுத்துகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

బాధాకరమైన

బాధ లేదా ఆందోళన లేదా ఆందోళన కలిగించడం

🇮🇳Marathi

त्रासदायक

त्रास किंवा चिंता किंवा चिंता निर्माण करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

દુઃખદાયક

તકલીફ અથવા ચિંતા અથવા ચિંતાનું કારણ બને છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂಕಟದ

ತೊಂದರೆ ಅಥವಾ ಚಿಂತೆ ಅಥವಾ ಆತಂಕವನ್ನು ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദുരിതപൂർണമായ

വിഷമം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഉത്കണ്ഠ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഉത്കണ്ഠ എന്നിവ ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੁਖਦਾਈ

ਪਰੇਸ਼ਾਨੀ ਜਾਂ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਬਣਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

پریشان کن

پریشانی یا پریشانی یا پریشانی کا سبب بننا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

令人痛苦的

造成痛苦、担忧或焦虑

🇯🇵Japanese

悲惨な

苦しみ、心配、不安を引き起こす

🇰🇷Korean

괴로운

괴로움이나 걱정, 불안을 야기하는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đau khổ

gây đau khổ hoặc lo lắng hoặc lo lắng

🇹🇭Thai

ทุกข์ใจ

ทำให้เกิดความเดือดร้อนหรือกังวลหรือวิตกกังวล

🇮🇩Indonesian

menyedihkan

menyebabkan kesusahan atau kekhawatiran atau kecemasan

🇵🇭Filipino

nakababalisa

nagdudulot ng pagkabalisa o pag-aalala o pagkabalisa

🇲🇾Malay

menyusahkan

menyebabkan kesusahan atau kebimbangan atau kebimbangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مؤسفة

مما يسبب الضيق أو القلق أو القلق

🇮🇷Persian

ناراحت کننده

ایجاد ناراحتی یا نگرانی یا اضطراب

🇹🇷Turkish

sıkıntılı

sıkıntıya veya endişeye veya endişeye neden olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

עַגמוּמִי

גורם למצוקה או דאגה או חרדה

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The primary meaning of 'distressful' is 'causing distress or worry or anxiety'.

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