distressing

Adjective

• bad; unfortunate
  • my finances were in a deplorable state
    
  • a lamentable decision
    
  • her clothes were in sad shape
    
  • a sorry state of affairs
    

• causing distress or worry or anxiety
  • distressing (or disturbing) news
    
  • lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
    
  • a disturbing amount of crime
    
  • a revelation that was most perturbing
    
  • a new and troubling thought
    
  • in a particularly worrisome predicament
    
  • a worrying situation
    
  • a worrying time
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  deplorable , lamentable , pitiful , sad , sorry , distressful , disturbing , perturbing , troubling , worrisome , worrying