Distressed

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.
                                                    --2 Cor. iv.
                                                    8.
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     2. To compel by pain or suffering.
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              Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a
              sacrifice of duty.                    --A. Hamilton.
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     3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain.
  
     Syn: To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict;
          worry; annoy.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     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).
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     4. emotionally upset.
  
     Syn: unstrung.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  distressed
       adj 1: 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" [syn: {hard-pressed},
               {hard put}, {in a bad way(p)}, {in trouble(p)}]
       2: generalized feeling of distress [syn: {dysphoric}, {unhappy}]
          [ant: {euphoric}]
       3: 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" [syn: {stressed}, {in a bad way(p)}]
       4: 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}, {disturbed}, {upset}, {worried}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "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 Queer Street, in distress,
     in narrow circumstances, in pain, 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