distressingly

ADVERB

deeply

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acutely genuinely intensely passionately profoundly sadly seriously severely surely thoroughly

WEAK

affectingly feelingly gravely mournfully movingly to the quick

Antonyms

STRONGEST

lightly

WEAK

incompletely little slightly

ADVERB

hard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

badly vigorously

STRONG

severely

WEAK

agonizingly arduously awkwardly burdensomely carefully cumbersomely cumbrously exhaustingly gruelingly hardly harshly inconveniently laboriously painfully ponderously roughly strenuously tiredly toilsomely unwieldily with great effort

Antonyms

WEAK

easily

ADVERB

seriously

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acutely badly grievously intensely severely sorely very

STRONG

gravely

WEAK

decidedly deplorably harmfully menacingly perilously precariously quite regrettably threateningly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little

WEAK

casually funnily lightly minor trivially

Example Sentences

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That is still distressingly high, but a downward trend is not a failure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

There are notable exceptions, although they are distressingly few.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2025

Parents are distressingly aware of the distractions and the mental health issues associated with smartphones and social media.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2024

Stories of life savings lost in supposedly safe crypto investments are distressingly common.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

I looked around again, but the alley was distressingly clean.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

distressingly

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