distressing

Adjective
  1. Causing distress or worry or anxiety (synset 301192929)
    "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"
    similar to: heavy - marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
    same as: distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying
  2. Bad;
    Unfortunate (synset 301130672)
    "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
    similar to: bad - having undesirable or negative qualities
    same as: deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry

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