distressing

About 1.88 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.

   The details of the ordeal can be distressing to some readers.

2. verb present participle and gerund of distress

Similar words

distressful troubling disturbing worrisome worrying lamentable sad pitiful deplorable bad

Often followed by

to and symptoms for circumstances situation than the as