distressing

/dɪstɹˈɛsɪŋ/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. causing distress or worry or anxiety
   “distressing (or disturbing) news”
2. bad; unfortunate
   “my finances were in a deplorable state”

Synonyms for distressing

• distressful
• disturbing
• perturbing
• troubling
• worrisome
• worrying
• heavy
• deplorable
• lamentable
• pitiful
• sad
• sorry
• bad

Words that rhyme with distressing

• dressing
• blessing
• pressing
• hairdressing
• caressing
• coalescing
• compressing
• depressing
• guessing
• professing
• repressing
• accessing
• acquiescing
• addressing
• assessing
• blaesing
• confessing
• digressing
• expressing
• hessing
• impressing
• messing
• obsessing
• oppressing
• outguessing
• possessing
• progressing
• reassessing
• recessing
• redressing