Thesaurus
distressing
Synonyms and Antonyms of distressing
- distressing signs that another war might be imminent
daunting, demoralizing, discomfiting, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, dispiriting
harassing, persecutive, persecutory
alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, scary, shocking, terrible, terrifying
calming, quieting, settling, soothing
comforting, consoling, dreamy, inviting, lulling, narcotic, pacifying, relaxing, sedative, tranquilizing (also tranquillizing)
- the distressing death of our favorite actor
affecting, doleful, moving, piteous, poignant, ruthful, touching
awful, dire, dreadful, fearful, severe, terrible
alarming, disturbing, perturbing, traumatic, unsettling
crushing, excruciating, harrowing, horrible, horrifying, intolerable, overwhelming, shocking, sickening, unbearable
- the distressing habit of constantly fiddling with her hair
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