'Distressful' definitions:
Definition of 'distressful'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying]
Definition of 'Distressful'
From: 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]