distressful

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distressful

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From distress + -ful.

adjective more distressful · most distressful · distressfull

Causing or feeling distress, anxiety, or strain; distressing. There, vvhile above the giddy tempeſt flies, / And all around diſtreſsful yells ariſe, / The penſive exile, bending vvith his vvoe, / To ſtop too fearful, and too faint to go.

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@misc{distressful_2026,
  title = {distressful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/distressful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}