distressing
悲惨な
解説 Definition
distressing は distress（苦しめる、悲しませる）の現在分詞に由来する形容詞です。人を悲しませたり不安にさせたりする、つらく悲惨な状況について使います。
Causing strong sadness, anxiety, shock, or emotional pain. It describes news, events, details, or situations that are deeply upsetting to experience, witness, or learn about.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
動詞 distress「苦しめる」に -ing を付けた形から生じた形容詞で、綴りは distressing、発音は /dɪˈstresɪŋ/ です。「心を締め付けて苦痛を与える」という成り立ちを核に、distressing news／details／situation のように、見聞きした人を深く悲しませたり不安にしたりする事柄に使います。
Connect distressing with the verb distress, “to cause severe worry, sadness, or pain.” Add -ing without changing the base spelling: distressing, pronounced /dɪˈstresɪŋ/. As an adjective, it describes the thing that produces distress, not the person who experiences it: distressing news causes someone to feel distressed. Imagine information about an accident, a family losing its home, or reports from a flooded town. Common combinations include deeply distressing, distressing details, and a distressing situation. It is stronger than unpleasant and emphasizes serious emotional pain or anxiety.
例文
The report contained distressing details about the accident.
その報告書には、事故についての痛ましい詳細が含まれていました。
It was distressing to see the family lose their home.
その家族が家を失うのを見るのは、とてもつらいことでした。
The news from the flooded town was deeply distressing.
洪水に遭った町からの知らせは、非常に痛ましいものでした。
distressing の類義語・関連語
distressing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
distressingはラテン語distringere（dis-「離れて」+ stringere「締める」）が古フランス語destresseを経て英語に入った。締め付けられるような苦痛が原義。関連語: stress（圧迫）、strict（厳しい）。心を強く圧迫する状況を表す。
Distressing is formed from the verb distress plus -ing and is commonly used as an adjective. Distress came through Old French destresse from Latin distringere, formed from dis- and stringere, “to draw tight” or “bind.” The physical image of being tightly constrained developed into ideas of hardship, suffering, and severe emotional pressure. Stringere also contributed historically to English words associated with tightness or restriction, including strict. The modern adjective describes something that causes such emotional suffering.
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