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distressing

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Phonetic Respelling: [ dih-stres ]

Definition: Play

adjective. 1 causing worry or anxiety; 2 bad; unfortunate; verb. cause mental pain to

Sentence: Play Play

Her broken arm was distressing.

More example sentences:

Her broken arm was distressing.

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What distressing bit of news did Phoebe receive when she went to her mother's house?

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What distressing thing did Ozma see in her Magic Picture?

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Synonyms: Play

disturbing; perturbing; troubling

Antonyms: Play

encouraging

How many syllables in distressing?

3 syllables Play Syllables Game

Divide distressing into syllables:

dis-tress-ing

Distressing rhymes:

  • Two Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear blaesing blaesing
    • Hear blessing blessing
    • Hear dressing dressing
    • Hear guessing guessing
    • Hear hessing hessing
    • Hear lessing lessing
    • Hear messing messing
    • Hear pressing pressing
    • Hear stressing stressing
  • Three Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear addressing addressing
    • Hear assessing assessing
    • Hear caressing caressing
    • Hear compressing compressing
    • Hear confessing confessing
    • Hear depressing depressing
    • Hear digressing digressing
    • Hear expressing expressing
    • Hear impressing impressing
    • Hear obsessing obsessing
    • Hear oppressing oppressing
    • Hear possessing possessing
    • Hear professing professing
    • Hear progressing progressing
    • Hear recessing recessing
    • Hear redressing redressing
    • Hear repressing repressing
    • Hear suppressing suppressing
  • Four Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear acquiescing acquiescing
    • Hear coalescing coalescing
    • Hear reassessing reassessing

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