distressing

(verb) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship. Synonyms: straiten, distress.

(verb) cause mental pain to. Synonyms: distress. Examples: "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother."

(adj) causing distress or worry or anxiety. Synonyms: distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying. Examples: "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."

(adj) bad; unfortunate. Synonyms: deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry. Examples: "My finances were in a deplorable state." "A lamentable decision." "Her clothes were in sad shape." "A sorry state of affairs."