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Definition of Distressful
1. Adjective. Causing distress or worry or anxiety. "A worrying time"
Similar to: Heavy
Derivative terms: Distressfulness
Definition of Distressful
1. a. Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation.
Definition of Distressful
1. Adjective. Causing or having distress, strain, or anxiety. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Distressful
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distressful
Literary usage of Distressful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vicar of Wakefield: Der Landprediger Von Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"The separation of friends and families is, perhaps, one of the most distressful
circumstances attendant on penury. The day soon arrived on which we were to ..."
2. The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse: From the Best Writers by Lindley Murray (1836)
"6 " Observe the rising lily's snowy grace ; He hears the gay, and the distressful
call; Observe the various vegetable race : Yet see how warm they blush ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1853)
"crammed with distressful bread/ the word ' distressful' is happily changed to '
distasteful.' In 'Richard III., ' Act iii. Scene 7, there is another most ..."
4. Historical memoirs of my own time by Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1904)
"... Constitution. who have had the best opportunities of knowing his Character,
and his firmness under the most alarming or distressful circumstances, ..."
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