distressful : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: distressful	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for distressful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distressful adj 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" Synonym(s): distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distressful \Distress"ful\, a. Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful* situation. [bd]Some distressful stroke.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Distressful cries.[b8] --Pope. -- {Distress"fully}, adv.