Distressed vs Distressing - What's the difference?
distressed | distressing |
anxious or uneasy
(of merchandise etc) damaged
(of a property) offered for sale after foreclosure
(of furniture etc) faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique
(distress)
As adjectives the difference between distressed and distressing
is that distressed is anxious or uneasy while distressing is causing distress; upsetting.As verbs the difference between distressed and distressing
is that distressed is past tense of distress while distressing is present participle of lang=en.distressed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm distressed that John hasn't answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here.