Distressing

That's really distressing.

Tom had a job as a roadkill picker-upper and he found it very distressing.

That is a distressing story.

It was extremely distressing.

It was very distressing.

The legionnaires were beating Yanni's mother up. The video is extremely distressing to watch.

Yanni went through a distressing event.

This is very distressing.

Rodrigo's friends and family witnessed the distressing effects of the online bullying on him.

The saying suggests that with the passing of time, emotional wounds become less painful and distressing.

The details of the ordeal can be distressing to some readers.

One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width folding doors [...].