- 1. a. Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation. Source: opted
- 2. adj. causing distress or worry or anxiety Source: wordnet
- 3. Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation. "Some distressful stroke." Shak. "Distressful cries." Pope. -- Dis*tress"ful*ly, adv. Source: webster
- 4. Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with,distress; as, a distressful situation. "Some distressful stroke."Shak. "Distressful cries." Pope.-- Dis*tress"ful*ly, adv. Source: adambom
- 5. j:100 s causing distress or worry or anxiety Source: ecdict
Home / Dictionary / distressful
distressful
Thesaurus links
Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.
From the definitions
Word family
distraughtdistraughteddistreamdistress calldistress signaldistresseddistressed jeansdistressednessdistressesdistressfully
Open full thesaurus page for distressful · Language as a Lens