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Discover LudwigThe phrase "acutely distressing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that causes intense emotional pain or discomfort.
Example: "The news of the tragedy was acutely distressing for the entire community."
Alternatives: "deeply troubling" or "profoundly upsetting."
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Most significant are acutely distressing nocturnal "heart attacks," which lead him to try cure by psychoanalysis.
Richard Charlton, chair of the Mental Health Lawyers Association MHLAA) says having to recount often difficult personal histories to a new and unknown solicitor can be acutely distressing and the additional stress in extreme cases can cause relapse.
Over the nine weeks of acutely distressing evidence I have not observed a single sign of genuine remorse at any stage from either of you".
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Common sense dictates that the active, distressing symptoms of acutely ill patients and the far from optimal state of arousal that these induce must seriously impair performance of any cognitive task that requires optimal attention and concentration.
Acutely problematic.
And a distressing solipsism..
It was distressing.
He found competition distressing.
A distressing development.
It can be distressing.
That's very distressing.
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