About The Word Distressed
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Distressed
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What's The Definition Of Distressed?
[adj] generalized feeling of distress
[adj] afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children" [adj] facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "the troubled car industry"; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage paymentng"; "it was apparent that the magazine was in trouble"; "found themselves in a bad way financially" [adj] suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"; "the victim was in a bad way and needed immediate attention" Synonyms | Synonyms for Distressed: disquieted | disturbed | dysphoric | hard put | hard-pressed | in a bad way(p) | in trouble(p) | stressed | troubled | unhappy | upset | worried Related Terms | Find terms related to Distressed: abashed | afflicted | agitated | agonized | annoyed | anxious | badly off | beset | bothered | cast down | chagrined | chapfallen | confused | convulsed | crucified | discomfited | discomforted | discomposed | disconcerted | disquieted | distracted | distrait | disturbed | down to bedrock | embarrassed | feeling the pinch | harassed | hard up | harrowed | hung up | hurt | hurting | ill at ease | ill off | impecunious | in distress | in narrow circumstances | in pain | in Queer Street | in reduced circumstances | in straitened circumstances | inconvenienced | irked | lacerated | land-poor | martyred | martyrized | mortified | narrow | on the edge | on the rack | out of countenance | out of pocket | pained | perturbed | pinched | plagued | poor | poorly off | put to it | put-out | put-upon | puzzled | racked | reduced | short | short of cash | short of funds | short of money | sore beset | squeezed | straitened | strapped | suffering | tormented | tortured | troubled | twisted | uncomfortable | under the harrow | uneasy | unmoneyed | unprosperous | upset | vexed | worried | wounded | wrung See Also | dejected |
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