English to English
adjective
- generalized feeling of distress
source: WordNet 3.0
adjective satellite
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- suffering severe physical strain or distress
He dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
