distressing
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distressing
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၁။ (က) သောက၊ ဒုက္ခ၊ ပရိဒေဝဖိစီးမှု။ ထိခိုက်နာကျင်မှု။ ဝမ်းနည်းမှု။
Her death was the cause of great distress to all the family.
(ခ) ဆင်းရဲဒုက္ခ။ ငတ်ပြတ် မွဲတေမှု။
Rescue workers attempted to relieve the widespread distress caused by the earthquake.
၂။ အခက်အခဲ၊ ဘေးအန္တရာယ် ကျရောက်မှု။
a ship in distress ❍ send out a distress signal.
v (usu passive) စိတ်သောကရောက်သည်။ ပူပန်သည်။
She was too distressed to speak. ❍ Please don't distress yourself (ie do not worry).
❏ distressing adj စိတ်သောကဖြစ်စေသော။ စိတ်ဆင်းရဲစေ သော။
distressing news ❍ I found it very distressing when my parents adverced. distressingly adv
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suffering, pain, sorrow, anguish, agony, grief, misery, ache, adversity, afflict, affliction, aggrieve, agonize, ail, angst, anxiety, bad luck, bad news, be on one's case, blues, bother, break, bug, bummer, burn up, calamity, can of worms, care, catastrophe, concern, cross, crunch, danger, dejection, depress, desolate, desolation, destitution, difficulty, disappointment, disaster, discombobulate, discomfort, disquiet, disquietude, disturb, do a number on, dog, dolor, downer, drag, eat, embarrassment, exigency, get, get to, give a hard time, grieve, harass, hard knocks, hard time, hardship, harry, headache, heartache, heartbreak, holy mess, hot water, hound, hurt, indigence, injure, irk, irritate, irritation, jam, make it tough for, malaise, miff, misfortune, mortification, nag, need, needle, nit-pick, oppress, ordeal, pang, peeve, perplex, perplexity, pester, pick on, pickle, pinch, plague, poverty, privation, push, push buttons, rack, rigor, rotten luck, sadden, sadness, scrape, shame, stew, strain, straits, strap, stress, throe, tick off, ticklish spot, torment, torture, tough break, tough luck, trial, tribulation, trouble, try, twinge, unconsolability, unhappiness, unholy mess, upset, vex, vexation, vicissitude, visitation, want, weigh, woe, worriment, worry, wound, wretchedness
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abundance, advantage, aid, appease, assist, assuage, be happy, benefit, blessing, boon, build, calm, calmness, cheer, comfort, contentment, cure, delight, discourage, dissuade, ease, euphoria, fix, fortune, gladden, gladness, good fortune, good health, good luck, happiness, heal, health, help, hide, ignore, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, leave alone, luxury, make happy, mend, miracle, neglect, peace, placate, please, pleasure, plenty, relief, relieve, soothe, success, support, wealth, wonder
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