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DISTRESSFUL

\dɪstɹˈɛsfə͡l], \dɪstɹˈɛsfə‍l], \d_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_f_əl]\

Definitions of DISTRESSFUL

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Causing distress; indicating distress; worn with pain and labour.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Full of trouble, full of misery.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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