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Distressed   /dɪstrˈɛst/   Listen
verb
Distress  v. t.  (past & past part. distressed; pres. part. distressing)  
1.
To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable. "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed."
2.
To compel by pain or suffering. "Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of duty."
3.
(Law) To seize for debt; to distrain.
Synonyms: To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict; worry; annoy.


adjective
distressed  adj.  
1.
Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; as, distressed companies need loans and technical advice.
Synonyms: hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(predicate), in trouble(predicate).
2.
Experienceing a generalized feeling of distress. Also See: dejected, unhappy, sad. Antonym: euphoric.
Synonyms: dysphoric, unhappy.
3.
Suffering severe physical strain or discomfort; as, he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing.
Synonyms: stressed, in a bad way(predicate).
4.
Emotionally upset.
Synonyms: unstrung.





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"Distressed" Quotes from Famous Books



... not reach home till after the funeral had taken place and his step-mother was buried. Though he had little reason to like her, he was shocked and distressed by her sad ...
— Frank and Fearless - or The Fortunes of Jasper Kent • Horatio Alger Jr.
... its onset and very alarming, spasmodic croup, fortunately, is seldom dangerous. A little child goes to bed in apparently normal condition and wakes up suddenly with a coarse metallic cough, difficult breathing, and with a distressed expression on ...
— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler
... streams down the big Chestnut's legs, and dripping from his belly into the drinking earth spit-spit, drip-drip; his head was high held in nervous apprehension; his lips twitched, his flanks trembled like wind-distressed water, and the white of ...
— Thoroughbreds • W. A. Fraser
... day in our lives that we are not distressed by some one of those numberless little worries that meet us at every step, and ...
— Gold Dust - A Collection of Golden Counsels for the Sanctification of Daily Life • E. L. E. B.
... his domestic afflictions and particularly the death of his wife. Very warm but luckily only 4 passengers. The last drive of 15 miles has been very warm and a rough road, yet the horses do not appear much distressed; got a glass of buttermilk. Dined at Waterford; paid 25 cents. The stage filled; the sun had got to my side of the coach; a slow drive and choked with dust, by far the most disagreeable ride I have had. Got to Erie at half past four, told there was no ...
— A Journey to America in 1834 • Robert Heywood


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