distressing

causing distress or worry or anxiety

• “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”

bad; unfortunate

• “my finances were in a deplorable state”
• “a lamentable decision”
• “her clothes were in sad shape”
• “a sorry state of affairs”