| slovo | definícia |
distressing
(encz) | distressing,hrozivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
distressing
(encz) | distressing,působící starosti Zdeněk Brož |
Distressing
(gcide) | Distress \Dis*tress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distressed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Distressing.] [Cf. OF. destrecier. See Distress,
n.]
1. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with
calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
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We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.
--2 Cor. iv.
8.
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2. To compel by pain or suffering.
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Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a
sacrifice of duty. --A. Hamilton.
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3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain.
Syn: To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict;
worry; annoy.
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distressing
(gcide) | distressing \dis*tress"ing\ (d[i^]s*tr[e^]s"[i^]ng), a.
Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.
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Distressing
(gcide) | Distressing \Dis*tress"ing\, adv.
In a distressing manner.
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distressing
(wn) | distressing
adj 1: causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or
disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something
distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime";
"a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and
troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome
predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"
[syn: distressing, distressful, disturbing,
perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying]
2: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state";
"a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a
sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable, distressing,
lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry] |
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distressingly
(encz) | distressingly,hrozivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Distressing
(gcide) | Distress \Dis*tress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distressed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Distressing.] [Cf. OF. destrecier. See Distress,
n.]
1. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with
calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
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We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.
--2 Cor. iv.
8.
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2. To compel by pain or suffering.
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Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a
sacrifice of duty. --A. Hamilton.
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3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain.
Syn: To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict;
worry; annoy.
[1913 Webster]distressing \dis*tress"ing\ (d[i^]s*tr[e^]s"[i^]ng), a.
Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.
[1913 Webster]Distressing \Dis*tress"ing\, adv.
In a distressing manner.
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Distressing
(gcide) | Distress \Dis*tress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distressed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Distressing.] [Cf. OF. destrecier. See Distress,
n.]
1. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with
calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
[1913 Webster]
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.
--2 Cor. iv.
8.
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2. To compel by pain or suffering.
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Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a
sacrifice of duty. --A. Hamilton.
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3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain.
Syn: To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict;
worry; annoy.
[1913 Webster]distressing \dis*tress"ing\ (d[i^]s*tr[e^]s"[i^]ng), a.
Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.
[1913 Webster]Distressing \Dis*tress"ing\, adv.
In a distressing manner.
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distressingly
(wn) | distressingly
adv 1: unpleasantly; "his ignorance was painfully obvious" [syn:
painfully, distressingly] |
distressingness
(wn) | distressingness
n 1: the quality of being painful; "she feared the painfulness
of childbirth" [syn: painfulness, distressingness] |
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