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Distressful definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISTRESSFUL, a.
1. Inflicting or bringing distress; as a distressful stroke.
2. Indicating distress; proceeding from pain or anguish; as distressful cries.
3. Calamitous; as a distressful event.
4. Attended with poverty; as distressful bread.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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" [syn: distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1591 causing distress ; full of distress • distressfully adverb • distressfulness noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Distressful Dis*tress"ful, a. Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation. ``Some distressful stroke.'' --Shak. ``Distressful cries.'' --Pope. -- Dis*tress"ful*ly, adv.