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distressful
adjective
Causing distress or worry or anxiety
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adjective
Causing distress or worry or anxiety
“Distressing (or disturbing) news”
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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
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