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distressing
(dis¦tress|ing)
Pronunciation:
/dɪˈstrɛsɪŋ/
adjective
causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting:
some very distressing news
Derivatives
distressingly
adverb
[
as submodifier
]
:
the pattern was distressingly familiar
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