distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying

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"

• heavy — marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness