distressed

Verb

• bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
• cause mental pain to
  • "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
• simple past and past participle of distress

Adjective Satellite

• facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
  • "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"
• suffering severe physical strain or distress
  • "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
  • "distressed about her son's leaving home"

Adjective

• generalized feeling of distress

Adj

• Anxious or uneasy.
• Damaged.
• Offered for sale after foreclosure.
• Faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique.
• Experiencing financial or operational distress, default, or bankruptcy.

Examples

• distressed debt
• I'm distressed that sexy John hasn't answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here.

Synonyms

disquieted, distress, disturbed, dysphoric, hard put, hard-pressed, in a bad way, straiten, stressed, unhappy, upset, worried, agonised, distraught, heartsore, pained, tortured, unglued

Antonyms

euphoric

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