ADJ | distressing | more distressing | most distressing | |
VERB | to distress | distressed | distressed distressing | distresses | |
SYNO | deplorable | distressful | distressing | ... |
ADJ positive | comparative | superlative
VERB to infinitive | simple past | past participle
present participle | 3rd person
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- 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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