"distressing" meaning in All languages combined

See distressing on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: distressing [positive], more distressing [comparative], most distressing [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is distressing, it causes distress; it makes you worried and uncomfortable.
    Sense id: simple-distressing-en-adj-RgxojgGZ

Verb [English]

Forms: distress [canonical], distresses [third-person, singular], distressed [past], distressed [past, participle], distressing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|distress|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The present participle of distress.
    Sense id: simple-distressing-en-verb-XQfAPC6e
     
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