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distressing - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: distress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: worry, upset
Synonyms: afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, be on one's case, bother, break, bug, burn up, depress, desolate, discombobulate, disquiet, disturb, do a number on, dog*, eat*, get to*, get*, give a hard time, grieve, harass, harry, hound, hurt, injure, irk, irritate, make it tough for, miff, nag, needle, nit-pick, oppress, pain, peeve, perplex, pester, pick on, plague, push, push buttons, rack, sadden, strain, strap, stress, tick off*, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, weigh, wound
Antonyms: assist, calm, comfort, help, soothe
Main Entry: awful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very bad; terrible
Synonyms: abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, deplorable, depressing, dire, disgusting, distressing, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, gross*, gruesome, grungy*, harrowing, hideous, horrible, nasty, offensive, raunchy, repulsive, shocking, stinking, synthetic, tough, ugly, unpleasant, unsightly, grody, horrendous, horrific, horrifying
Antonyms: beautiful, good, pleasing, ok
Main Entry: bothersome
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: troubling
Synonyms: annoying, distressing, disturbing, inconvenient, irritating, remote, tiresome, troublesome, vexatious, aggravating, exasperating, incommodious, rebarbative, vexing
Antonyms: convenient, helpful, untroubling
Main Entry: depressing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: discouraging, upsetting
Synonyms: black, bleak, dismal, distressing, dreary, funereal, gloomy, heartbreaking, hopeless, joyless, melancholy, mournful, oppressive, sad, somber, daunting, dejecting, disheartening, dispiriting, melancholic, saddening
Antonyms: cheering, encouraging, happy
Main Entry: disquieting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: upsetting
Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, distressing, disturbing, irritating, perplexing, troublesome, worrying, disconcerting, perturbing, troubling, unnerving, unsettling, vexing
Antonyms: calming, pleasing, soothing, settling
Main Entry: dissatisfactory
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unsatisfactory
Synonyms: bad, damaged, deficient, disappointing, distressing, inadequate, insufficient, lame, mediocre, offensive, poor, rotten, unacceptable, unsuitable, unworthy, useless, displeasing, junky, no good, not satisfying, not up to par, unsatisfying
Main Entry: doleful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: depressing
Synonyms: afflicted, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, dismal, dispirited, distressing, dolorous, down, down in the mouth*, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, painful, piteous, pitiful, plaintive, rueful, sad, somber, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched, cast down, dirgeful, dolent, grieving
Antonyms: cheerful, elated, glad, gleeful, happy, joyful
Main Entry: dolorous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: miserable, anguished
Synonyms: afflicted, calamitous, deplorable, dire, distressing, doleful, grievous, harrowing, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, painful, plaintive, regrettable, rueful, sad, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched, afflictive, dolent, dolesome, dolorific, heart-rending, ruthful
Antonyms: cheery, happy, hopeful
Main Entry: dreadful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrible, frightening
Synonyms: abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, beastly, creepy*, dire, distressing, fearful, formidable, frightful, frozen, ghastly, grievous, grim, gross*, hideous, icky*, lousy, mean, monstrous, rotten, shameful, shocking, spooky, terrible, terrific, tragic, tremendous, wicked, godawful, grody, horrendous, horrific, shuddersome
Antonyms: pleasant, pleasing, welcomed, wonderful
Main Entry: embarrassing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: humiliating, shaming
Synonyms: awkward, confusing, delicate, difficult, disagreeable, distressing, disturbing, equivocal, impossible, inconvenient, inopportune, perplexing, puzzling, sensitive, shameful, sticky, ticklish, touchy, tricky, troublesome, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpropitious, unseemly, worrisome, bewildering, compromising, discomfiting, discommoding, discommodious, disconcerting, distracting, exasperating, incommodious, mortifying, rattling, troubling, upsetting
Antonyms: comfortable, unshameful
Main Entry: grievous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: severe, painful; serious
Synonyms: agonizing, appalling, atrocious, calamitous, damaging, deplorable, dire, dismal, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, dreadful, egregious, flagrant, glaring, grave, harmful, heavy*, heinous, hurtful, injurious, intolerable, lamentable, monstrous, mournful, offensive, onerous, oppressive, outrageous, pathetic, pitiful, sad, shameful, sharp, shocking, sorrowful, taxing, tough, tragic, troublesome, unbearable, villainous, weighty*, afflicting, heart-rending, upsetting, wounding
Antonyms: good, harmless, pleasant
Main Entry: harrowing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dangerous, frightening
Synonyms: agonizing, alarming, chilling, distressing, disturbing, excruciating, heartbreaking, nerve-racking, painful, soaring, terrifying, heart-rending, racking, tearing, tormenting, torturing, torturous, traumatic
Antonyms: calming, pleasant, pleasing, unfrightening
Main Entry: heartbreaking
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: disappointing
Synonyms: affecting, agonizing, bitter, calamitous, cheerless, deplorable, dire, distressing, grievous, joyless, lamentable, moving, pitiful, poignant, regrettable, sad, touching, tragic, unfortunate, afflictive, heart-rending
Antonyms: exhilarating, heartwarming, joyous, wonderful
Main Entry: heartrending
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: arousing deep sympathy
Synonyms: agonizing, distressing, doleful, excruciating, harrowing, heartbreaking, moving, piteous, pitiful, sad, touching, tragic, heartsickening, tear-jerking
Main Entry: hurtful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: injurious, cruel
Synonyms: bad, cutting, damaging, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, distressing, evil, harmful, malicious, mean, mischievous, nasty, nocuous, noxious, ominous, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial, spiteful, unkind, aching, afflictive, hurting, upsetting, wounding
Antonyms: assisting, harmless, helpful, helping, kind, nice, aiding, relieving
Main Entry: insufferable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrible, intolerable
Synonyms: detestable, distressing, dreadful, impossible, outrageous, painful, unacceptable, unbearable, unspeakable, insupportable, unendurable
Antonyms: delightful, endurable, happy, pleasant, tolerable, sufferable
Main Entry: lamentable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: upsetting, miserable
Synonyms: awful, bad, calamitous, deplorable, dire, dirty, distressing, doleful, dolorous, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, lousy, low, lugubrious, meager, mean, melancholy, mournful, pitiful, plaintive, poor, regretful, rotten, rueful, sad, sorrowful, stinking, tragic, unfavorable, unfortunate, unsatisfactory, woeful, wretched, afflictive, god-awful, hurting
Antonyms: cheering, fortunate, good, lucky, satisfactory
Main Entry: mournful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sorrowful
Synonyms: bereft, cheerless, depressed, disconsolate, distressing, doleful, forlorn, grief-stricken, grievous, heartbroken, lamentable, pitiful, sad, woeful, anguished, dolent, full of sorrow, grieving, in mourning, in pain, in sorrow, sombre
Main Entry: nettlesome
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: irritating
Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, burdensome, distressing, disturbing, irksome, troublesome, trying, vexatious, aggravating, exasperating, nagging, vexing
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