Distressful
[dɪ'stresfʊl] or [dɪ'strɛsfəl]
Definition
(a.) Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation.
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Examples
- I never shall enjoy a meal in this distressful country. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He can sometimes raise capital to help him in working out his crude conceptions, but even then it is frequently done at a distressful cost of personal surrender. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Her bosom was heaving in a distressful manner that I greatly pitied, but I thought it better not to speak. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- At the mere thought of Mrs Higden in this inconceivable affliction, Mr Sloppy's countenance became pale, and manifested the most distressful emotions. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To this distressful emblem of a great distress that had long been growing worse, and was not at its worst, a woman was kneeling. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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