1. distressing - Adjective
2. distressing - Verb
4. distressing - Adjective Satellite
of Distress
Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.
In a distressing manner.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far. Daniel Goleman
I've known a lot of people go mad over the years, and it is more distressing than people dying. People dying is quite natural, people going mad is the complete antithesis of that. Alan Moore
I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind. Daniel Goleman
The old knowledge had been difficult but not distressing. It had been all paradox and myth, and it had made sense. The new knowledge was all fact and reason, and it made no sense. Ursula K. Le Guin
...reports about very innocent people being thrown into detention where they could be held for years without any representation or charges is distressing. Dana Perino
No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision. Barbara Tuchman