'Distressed' definitions:
Definition of 'distressed'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"; "found themselves in a bad way financially" [syn: distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(p)]
adjective
adjective
Suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing" [syn: stressed, distressed]
adjective
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" [syn: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried]
Definition of 'Distressed'
From: GCIDE
- Distress \Dis*tress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Distressing.] [Cf. OF. destrecier. See Distress, n.]
- 1. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable. [1913 Webster]
- We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. --2 Cor. iv. 8. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To compel by pain or suffering. [1913 Webster]
- Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of duty. --A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain.
- Syn: To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict; worry; annoy. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'distressed'
From: GCIDE
- distressed \distressed\ adj.
- 1. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; as, distressed companies need loans and technical advice.
- Syn: hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(predicate), in trouble(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. experienceing a generalized feeling of distress. Also See: dejected, unhappy, sad. Antonym: euphoric.
- Syn: dysphoric, unhappy. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. suffering severe physical strain or discomfort; as, he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing.
- Syn: stressed, in a bad way(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]
- 4. emotionally upset.
- Syn: unstrung. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'distressed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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