distressing

Definitions

Causing anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Upsetting or troubling to the mind or emotions.

Examples

It was deeply distressing to hear the news about the sudden closure of the local animal shelter.

The distressing images of the wildfire left the entire community feeling helpless and anxious.

Synonyms

upsetting troubling painful worrying heartbreaking alarming unsettling

Antonyms

comforting soothing pleasant reassuring delightful calming agreeable