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го́рестный — meaning in English

gorestnyy

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English meaning

  • distressing adjective Causing worry, sadness, or pain.
  • harrowing adj Extremely distressing or disturbing.
  • heartrending adj That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
  • plaintive adj Sounding sad, mournful, or full of longing.
  • woebegone adj Of a person: deeply affected or overwhelmed by suffering or trouble, and so filled with woe (“great distress or sadness”); (loosely) forlorn, sad, unhappy.

Senses

го́рестный is used for these senses in English:

  • distressing Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.
  • harrowing (formal) Causing pain or distress; harrying.
  • heartrending That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
  • plaintive Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
  • woebegone Filled with or deeply affected by woe.

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