Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-TRESS'ING
DIS-TRESS'FUL-LYDIS-TRESS'ING-LY
DIS-TRESS'ING, ppr.
- Giving severe pain; oppressing with affliction.
- adj. Very afflicting; affecting with severe pain; as, a distressing sickness.
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