distressingly
adverb
uk/dɪˈstres.ɪŋ.li/us/dɪˈstres.ɪŋ.li/in a way thatcausesworry,sadness, orpain:
Distressingly, it may beyearsuntil thesadnesslifts.
Hermemoryis so distressinglybadshe often has to beremindedthat herhusbandhasdied.
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distressing
- Somegovernmentshave a distressinglybadrecordofsuppressing"inconvenient"scientificdata.
- These were distressinglybriefmeetings, likesupervisedvisitsto arelativeinprison.
- There are many things she cannot do,including, most distressingly,caringfor herdaughter.
Saddening, shocking and upsetting
- affecting
- agonizingly
- arrogance
- baleful
- be cold comfortidiom
- distressing
- dolorous
- ego trip
- egoism
- egomania
- impiously
- impiousness
- lacerating
- loftiness
- narcissism
- teary
- touching
- touchingly
- tragically
- traumatic