| Distressful (a.) Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation. Thesaurus Entries afflictive, bitter, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, deplorable, depressing, depressive, discomforting, dismal, dismaying, distressful, distressing, disturbing, doleful, dolorific, dolorogenic, dolorous, dreary, emotive, grievous, heartrending, impressive, joyless, lamentable, mournful, moving, painful, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, regrettable, rueful, sad, saddening, sharp, sore, sorrowful, touching, troubling, uncomfortable, woebegone, woeful, wretched |