Other Word Forms
- distressfully adverb
- distressfulness noun
Etymology
Origin of distressful
Example Sentences
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Needless to say this was a very distressful and infuriating experience.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2017
“Maternity, or additional offspring, may force upon the woman a distressful life and future,” Justice Blackmun wrote in Roe v.
From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2017
“I find it distressful the discussion of parks focuses only on their economic value.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2013
I found it very distressful - our children, my wife etc, all put in complaints directly to Facebook.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2010
Teiresias, the prophet who had brought so many distressful prophecies to the royal family, came to bring still another.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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