Synonyms of the word

distressing

• adj. Causing distress; upsetting.
• v. present participle of distress.

bad

• adj. Not good; unfavorable; negative.
• adj. Not suitable or fitting.
• adj. Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.
• adj. Unhealthy.
• adj. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
• adj. Evil; wicked.
• adj. Faulty; not functional.
• adj. (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
• adj. (of breath) Malodorous, foul.
• adj. (informal) Bold and daring.
• adj. (hip-hop slang) good, superlative.
• adj. (of a need or want) Severe, urgent.
• adv. (now colloquial) Badly.
• n. (slang) Error, mistake.
• n. (countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted…
• adj. (slang) Fantastic.
• v. (archaic) Alternative past tense of bid. See bade.
• v. (Britain, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).

deplorable

• adj. Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.
• adj. Lamentable, to be felt sorrow for, worthy of compassion.
• n. A person or thing that is to be deplored.

distressful

• adj. Causing or having distress, strain, or anxiety.

disturbing

• adj. Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
• v. present participle of disturb.

heavy

• adj. (of a physical object) Having great weight.
• adj. (of a topic) Serious, somber.
• adj. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
• adj. (Britain, slang, dated) Good.
• adj. (dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound.
• adj. (of a rate of flow) High, great.
• adj. (slang) Armed.
• adj. (music) Louder, more distorted.
• adj. (of weather) Hot and humid.
• adj. (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
• adj. (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
• adj. Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
• adj. Laden to a great extent.
• adj. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with…
• adj. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
• adj. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
• adj. Not raised or leavened.
• adj. Having much body or strength; said of wines or spirits.
• adj. (obsolete) With child; pregnant.
• adv. heavily.
• adv. (India, colloquial) very.
• n. A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
• n. (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
• n. (aviation) A large multi-engined aircraft.
• v. (often with "up") To make heavier.
• v. To sadden.
• v. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments…
• adj. Having the heaves.

lamentable

• adj. Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

perturbing

• v. present participle of perturb.

pitiful

• adj. (now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
• adj. So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
• adj. Very small (of an amount or number).

sad

• adj. (heading) Emotionally negative.
• adj. (obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
• adj. (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
• adj. (obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
• adj. (obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
• adj. (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
• adj. (dialect) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
• adj. (obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.

sorry

• adj. (of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
• adj. Poor, sad or regrettable.
• interj. Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
• interj. Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.
• interj. Used to correct oneself in speech.
• n. The act of saying sorry; an apology.

troubling

• adj. distressing, worrying.
• v. present participle of trouble.
• n. The infliction of trouble or distress.

worrisome

• adj. Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.
• adj. (of a person) Inclined to worry.

worrying

• adj. Inducing worry.
• v. present participle of worry.
• n. The act of worrying or harassing somebody.