Distressing
Distressing adjective - Causing worry or anxiety.
Usage example: distressing signs that another war might be imminent
Hair-raising and distressing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hair-raising" instead an adjective "Distressing".
Hair-raising
Hair-raising adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: hair-raising stories of headless corpses and disembodied screams
Distressing and hair-raising are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distressing" instead an adjective phrase "Hair-raising".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disturbing and distressing
- disturbing and hair-raising
- nasty and distressing
- nasty and hair-raising
- grievous and distressing
- grievous and hair-raising
- monstrous and distressing
- monstrous and hair-raising
- terrible and distressing
- terrible and hair-raising
- dreadful and distressing
- dreadful and hair-raising
- horrible and distressing
- horrible and hair-raising
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