Distressing — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

cause mental pain to

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈiːzɪɡˌoʊɪŋnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪstɹˈɛsɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪstɹˈɛsɪŋ/

3 syllables Say it as /ˈiːzɪɡˌoʊɪŋnəs/.

Examples

The news of her child's illness distressed the mother
distressing (or disturbing) news
lived in heroic if something distressful isolation

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

perturbing distressful distress deplorable worrying lamentable sad troubling pitiful sorry disturbing straiten worrisome

Parts of Speech

verb	bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
verb	cause mental pain to “The news of her child's illness distressed the mother”
adjective	causing distress or worry or anxiety “distressing (or disturbing) news”
adjective	bad; unfortunate “my finances were in a deplorable state”

Word Forms

distress	noun	psychological suffering
distressfulness	noun	the quality of arousing fear or distress
lament	verb	regret strongly
sadness	noun	the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
sorriness	noun	worthlessness due to insignificance

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

beunruhigend

in Schwierigkeiten oder Bedrängnis bringen, insbesondere in finanzielle Schwierigkeiten

🇫🇷French

pénible

entraîner des difficultés ou de la détresse, en particulier des difficultés financières

🇪🇸Spanish

angustioso

traerle dificultades o angustia, especialmente dificultades financieras

🇮🇹Italian

angosciante

portare in difficoltà o disagio, soprattutto difficoltà finanziarie

🇳🇱Dutch

verontrustend

in moeilijkheden of nood brengen, vooral financiële problemen

🇵🇹Portuguese

angustiante

trazer dificuldades ou sofrimento, especialmente dificuldades financeiras

🇷🇺Russian

тревожный

привести к трудностям или беде, особенно к финансовым трудностям

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विक्षुब्ध

कठिनाइयों या संकट में लाना, विशेषकर वित्तीय कठिनाई में लाना

🇧🇩Bengali

কষ্টকর

অসুবিধা বা সঙ্কটের মধ্যে আনুন, বিশেষত আর্থিক কষ্ট

🇮🇳Tamil

துன்பம் தரும்

சிரமங்கள் அல்லது துயரங்களுக்கு, குறிப்பாக நிதி நெருக்கடிக்கு கொண்டு வரவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

బాధ కలిగించేది

ఇబ్బందులు లేదా బాధల్లోకి తీసుకురావడం, ముఖ్యంగా ఆర్థిక కష్టాలు

🇮🇳Marathi

त्रासदायक

अडचणी किंवा संकटात आणा, विशेषत: आर्थिक अडचणी

🇮🇳Gujarati

દુઃખદાયક

મુશ્કેલીઓ અથવા તકલીફમાં લાવો, ખાસ કરીને નાણાકીય મુશ્કેલી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂಕಟ

ತೊಂದರೆಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಕಟಕ್ಕೆ, ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಸಂಕಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ತರುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിഷമിപ്പിക്കുന്ന

ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുകളിലേക്കോ ദുരിതങ്ങളിലേക്കോ കൊണ്ടുവരിക, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് സാമ്പത്തിക ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുകൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੁਖਦਾਈ

ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਬਿਪਤਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਲਿਆਓ, ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਵਿੱਤੀ ਤੰਗੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

پریشان کن

مشکلات یا پریشانی میں لانا ، خاص طور پر مالی مشکلات

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

令人苦恼的

造成困难或困扰，尤其是经济困难

🇯🇵Japanese

悲惨な

困難や苦悩、特に経済的困難を引き起こす

🇰🇷Korean

괴로운

어려움이나 고난, 특히 재정적 어려움을 초래함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đau buồn

gây khó khăn hoặc đau khổ, đặc biệt là khó khăn về tài chính

🇹🇭Thai

น่าวิตก

นำมาซึ่งความยากลำบากหรือความทุกข์ยากโดยเฉพาะความยากลำบากทางการเงิน

🇮🇩Indonesian

menyedihkan

membawa kesulitan atau kesusahan, terutama kesulitan keuangan

🇵🇭Filipino

nakababalisa

nagdudulot ng mga paghihirap o pagkabalisa, lalo na ang kahirapan sa pananalapi

🇲🇾Malay

menyusahkan

membawa kesusahan atau kesusahan, terutamanya kesusahan kewangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

محزن

جلب الصعوبات أو الضيق، وخاصة الضائقة المالية

🇮🇷Persian

ناراحت کننده

با مشکلات یا پریشانی، به ویژه مشکلات مالی مواجه شود

🇹🇷Turkish

üzücü

zorluk veya sıkıntıya, özellikle mali sıkıntıya sokmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְצַעֵר

להביא לקשיים או למצוקה, במיוחד למצוקה כלכלית

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