distressing
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
causing distress or worry or anxiety
distressing (or disturbing) news
Related & opposite
- distressfulness derivation
- heavy similar to
Sense 2 adjective
bad; unfortunate
my finances were in a deplorable state
Related & opposite
- lugubriousness derivation
- paltriness derivation
- bewail derivation
- bad similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distressfulness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | heavy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lugubriousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | paltriness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bewail |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | bad |