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 Translation for 'distressing' from English to French
ADJ   distressing | more distressing | most distressing
VERB   to distress | distressed | distressed
distressing | distresses
SYNO deplorable | distressful | distressing | ...
affligeant {adj}distressing
navrant {adj} {pres-p} [attristant]distressing
pénible {adj} [événement]distressing
désolant {adj} {pres-p} [attristant]distressing
douloureux {adj} [moralement]distressing
fâcheux {adj} [nouvelle, événement]distressing
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Usage Examples English
  • For example, it has been questioned whether it is ethical to expose large numbers of people to potentially distressing messages without their consent.
  • Animals exposed to distressing events over which they have no control respond by releasing corticosteroids.
  • Distressing (or weathered look) in the decorative arts is the activity of making a piece of furniture or object appear aged and older, giving it a "weathered look".
  • Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth said the "rigorous" report would make distressing reading for the relatives of those who died.
  • Not all such incidents were distressing to the youth who experienced them.

  • Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli.
  • EMDR therapy was first developed by American psychologist Francine Shapiro after noticing, in 1987, that eye movements appeared to decrease the negative emotion associated with her own distressing memories.
  • The footage is described by The Herald as evocative, and by documentary reviewer Geoffrey Macnab as distressing.
  • Chan has worked to advance the management of distressing cancer- or treatment-related toxicities, and enhance integrated care models for cancer survivors.
  • A trigger warning is a warning that a work contains writing, images, or concepts that may be distressing to some people.

  • Nothing but the Sun illustrates the distressing story from the Ayoreo people, who are systematically discriminated against, traumatically uprooted, denied of their cultural heritage.
  • Today, there is a growing understanding that symptoms are real and distressing, and are caused by an incorrect functioning of the brain rather than being imagined or made up.
  • Italian literary critic Cesare Segre writes that the book was distressing yet captivating and compliments Ammaniti’s writing style for being steady while avoiding simplistic ups and downs.
  • Relief is a positive emotion experienced when something unpleasant, painful or distressing has not happened or has come to an end.
  • The region-beta paradox is the phenomenon that people can sometimes recover more quickly from more distressing experiences than from less distressing ones.

  • Many cancer survivors find that BCAM is an emotionally difficult time, as it reminds them of a distressing time and because the cheerful marketing images do not match their experiences.
  • "Trouser Press" classified the album as "distressing".
  • Heterosexuals rated emotional and sexual infidelity as more emotionally distressing than did lesbian and gay individuals.
  • Jenny first appears when she, Victoria and Kayleigh hurl eggs at the Post Office window, distressing a heavily pregnant Viv Hope (Deena Payne) but they are chased off by Eli Dingle (Joseph Gilgun).
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