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How to pronounce “distressing”
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Pronunciation guide for distressing
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of distressing with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Tom Rielly: A comic send-up of TED2006 21 minutes
is, was this the most distressing TED ever?
- Definition summary
- Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce distressing
Tom Rielly: A comic send-up of TED2006 21 minutes

is, was this the most distressing TED ever?
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “distressing”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of distress
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