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单词 distressfully
释义

distressful

adjective

dis·​tress·​ful di-ˈstres-fəl How to pronounce distressful (audio)
: causing distress : full of distress
distressfully
di-ˈstres-fə-lē How to pronounce distressful (audio)
adverb
distressfulness noun

Synonyms

  • agitating
  • anxious
  • creepy
  • disquieting
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • fraught
  • hairy
  • nail-biting
  • nerve-racking
  • nerve-wracking
  • nervous
  • restless
  • tense
  • uneasy
  • unnerving
  • unsettling
  • worrisome
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Example Sentences

the distressful period during which we waited to learn who had made the cut the distressful living conditions in the refugee camp
Recent Examples on the Web But the results, Mr. Chancellor observes, were not as distressful for the rich as a medieval canonist might have hoped. Adam Rowe, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined above

distressfully

adverb

as in dispiritedly

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dispiritedly
  • cheerlessly
  • drearily
  • sullenly
  • joylessly
  • dismally
  • miserably
  • morosely
  • disconsolately
  • forlornly
  • dourly
  • glumly
  • despairingly
  • mirthlessly
  • gloomily
  • blackly
  • dejectedly
  • distressingly
  • darkly
  • pessimistically
  • somberly
  • sharply
  • abjectly
  • unhappily
  • lugubriously
  • despondently
  • sorrowfully
  • harshly
  • painfully
  • dolorously
  • dolefully
  • bitterly
  • mournfully
  • downheartedly
  • severely
  • keenly
  • resentfully
  • acutely
  • grievously
  • wretchedly
  • cruelly
  • piercingly
  • hurtfully
  • poignantly
  • regretfully
  • plaintively
  • woefully
  • inconsolably
  • ruefully
  • sadly
  • low-spiritedly
  • agonizingly
  • crestfallenly
  • sorely
  • ill
  • rancorously
  • hardly
  • hard
  • wailfully

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • joyfully
  • happily
  • joyously
  • blissfully
  • cheerfully
  • gladly
  • rejoicingly
  • delightedly
  • gayly
  • unconcernedly
  • mirthfully
  • merrily
  • gleefully
  • cheerily
  • gaily
  • sunnily
  • indifferently
  • lightheartedly
  • calmly
  • easily
  • lightly
  • casually
  • impassively
  • blithely
  • stoically
  • nonchalantly
  • dispassionately
  • well
  • good-naturedly
  • favorably
  • blithesomely
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