Adjective : the distressful circumstances of poverty and sickness. ,a distressful cry. From Dictionary.com.
"No, no," he exclaimed in distressful tones, "I cannot have that, but you must leave us. From Wordnik.com. [Folk Tales From Many Lands] Reference
By mistake the "distressful" orator had put one ten-pound note into his parcel!. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888)] Reference
If you find my use of a blog name 'distressful', then you're just too easily distressed. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
Such a man has never to attain to a distressful end. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
The next call upon her fortitude was more distressful. From Wordnik.com. [Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts] Reference
Why, then, O king, hast thou come to such a distressful end?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
Secretary for Ireland stated that in that distressful country. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21] Reference
At present I am leading a distressful life in the woods in grief of heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
A distressful country, indeed, where the children do not own their own feet. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919] Reference
O, a sick headache -- sudden and distressful -- he was subject to them; poor. From Wordnik.com. [Hubert's Wife A Story for You] Reference
When the lady knew this distressful adventure, straightway she fell to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France] Reference
This is a most distressful story to me, and how to supply his place I do not know. From Wordnik.com. [George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life] Reference
An Irish night at last, Quite a long time since we talked of the distressful country. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891] Reference
At that time the condition of affairs in Missouri was distressful and extremely threatening. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Frank had spent his last evening alone, a throng of distressful thoughts crowding in on him. From Wordnik.com. [Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor] Reference
Another of those distressful necessities of war occurred on withdrawing from the Wilderness. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference
Subject as I am to its distressful influence, ye Aswins, liberate me from that wheel of Time. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
Wad Hamid was a camp of magnificent distances, restful to the eyes but distressful to the feet. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
For hours would he hang over its distressful pages, and many were the leaves blotted by his tears. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times] Reference
It is all you, who advised me to continue living, that have forced me into this distressful position. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
Now, if you pronounce Hinges in the French fashion, you give forth an exclamation of distressful pain. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference
Their distressful needs are in danger of being left aside in the pressure of other worthy appeals for aid. From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 50, No. 3, March, 1896] Reference
Between these breaks -- welcome breaks to Matt -- the silence became distressful, and the suspense a burden. From Wordnik.com. [Lancashire Idylls (1898)] Reference
Still hardly a wing unfolded ever so little, not a distressful chirp heralded the slaughter that threatened. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
Employed, in such a distressful situation, in drinking that honey, his thirst, however, could not be appeased. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
A man's poverty is even more distressful to him than death, for wealth is the sole cause or virtue and pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
And defeating me a second time, they have sent me to distressful exile in this great forest, clad in deer skins. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
And bewailing for their sons and brothers and fathers, they fell on the ground and cried with distressful accents. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
Indeed, it must have been a very distressful journey for all, and not least for the poor little infant missionary!. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
The boon, however, that he solicited was that the gods should relieve him from his distressful situation (in the well). From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Maldon is a fair fight without any such distressful circumstances as in the case of Hildebrand or of Walter of Aquitaine. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
It isn't the English nature to express much, but it was plain that the past was full of mournful and distressful remembrances. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
There is a story of an English tourist seeking for information about the distressful country, he being at Tallaght near Dublin. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent] Reference
This decision appeared to be unpleasant or distressful in their estimation, and they tried to reverse it by all sorts of arguments. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
In constitutions predisposed to scrophula, how frequently we see the inoculated smallpox rouse into activity that distressful malady!. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
When his car-wheels will sink in the earth, availing thyself of that opportunity, thou shouldst slay him in that distressful situation. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Beholding Karna placed in the distressful plight, king Duryodhana, trembling with wrath, commended (his brother) Durjaya, saying, 'Go, O. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
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