distressing

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈstɹɛsɪŋ/

distressing (comparative more distressing, superlative most distressing)

1. Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.

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

   • 1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 766:

     One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width folding doors [...].

distressing

1. present participle and gerund of distress