Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)
causing distress or worry or anxiety
Example: 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
distress – A related word in the same word family.
ful – A related word in the same word family.
Taboo words change fastest because each generation invents new slang to shock their elders!