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What does distressful mean?

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Adjective
  1. Causing or feeling distress, strain, or anxiety.
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So there I was at The Commercial, the venerable Blues on Whyte, drinking a rum and coke and contemplating a distressful situation.
The distressful effects of dehorning your cattle can be avoided by using Angus.
Her words are sometimes soft, sometimes distressful, and at the same time filled with weariness and admiration.
What are your feelings regarding the distressful situation these children have been put in?
In this stage, the patient uses the distressful affect to change the relevant contingencies.
It was particularly distressful for the Carlow No.6 in that he was only getting back in trim following a bout of septicaemia.

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