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Distressed

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Definitions for Distressed

adjective
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
Synonyms
hard-pressed hard put in a bad way(p)
Examples
  1. distressed companies need loans and technical advice
  2. financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices
  3. we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment
  4. found themselves in a bad way financially
adjective
generalized feeling of distress
Synonyms
dysphoric unhappy
adjective
suffering severe physical strain or distress
Synonyms
stressed
Examples
  1. he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing
adjective
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
Synonyms
disquieted disturbed upset worried
Examples
  1. too upset to say anything
  2. spent many disquieted moments
  3. distressed about her son's leaving home
  4. lapsed into disturbed sleep
  5. worried parents
  6. a worried frown
  7. one last worried check of the sleeping children
verb
bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
Synonyms
straiten distress
verb
cause mental pain to
Synonyms
distress
Examples
  1. The news of her child's illness distressed the mother

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