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: {distressful}, {disturbing}, {perturbing},

{troubling}, {worrisome}, {worrying}]

2: very bad; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a

lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a

sorry state of affairs" [syn: {deplorable}, {lamentable},

{pitiful}, {sad}, {sorry}]