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 Causing great sadness or suffering.
- plaintive adj Sounding sad, mournful, or full of longing.
- woebegone adj Describing a person weighed down by suffering or hardship and full of woe, meaning great distress or sadness; more loosely, forlorn, sad, or 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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