Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distressful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: dis-tress-ful
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Example Sentences

"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."
"Once more, that fulness of prophetic joy, / With which this unborn Jubilee he mark'd / Through the long vista of distressful years, / While the dark war-clouds gathering at his feet / Involved the scene."
"If I'm never successful, / It won't be distressful, / 'Cos I don't care."

Etymology

From distress + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: distress

Inflected Forms

more distressful (comparative) most distressful (superlative) distressfull (alternative)

Derived Forms

distressfully distressfulness undistressful

Synonyms

distressing disturbing perturbing troubling worrisome worrying

Questions

What does distressful mean?: Causing or feeling distress, anxiety, or strain; distressing.
Where does distressful come from?: From distress + -ful.

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