Adjective : the distressful circumstances of poverty and sickness. ,a distressful cry.    From Dictionary.com. 

However, in spite of the distressfulness of the foregoing possibilities, it is time that I returned to my hero.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead Souls] Reference

And therewith the distressfulness of her face which had worn Ralph's heart while she had been telling her tale changed, and she came, as it were, into her new life and the love of him again, and she kissed him and laid her cheek to his and he kissed her mouth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Well at the World's End: a tale] Reference

In my distressfulness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hymns of the Early Church] Reference