Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.

present participle of distress

Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. / A cause of such discomfort. / Serious danger.

To cause strain or anxiety to someone. / (law) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain. / To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.

anxious or uneasy / (of merchandise, etc.) damaged / (of a property) offered for sale after foreclosure / (of furniture, etc.) faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique

simple past tense and past participle of distress

plural of distress

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distress

The state or quality of being distressful; the state of having or causing anxiety or strain.

Causing or feeling distress, anxiety, or strain; distressing.