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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty;
- Example: "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"
- Example: "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"
- Example: "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"
- Example: "found themselves in a bad way financially"
[syn: distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(p)]

2. generalized feeling of distress;
[syn: dysphoric, distressed, unhappy]

3. suffering severe physical strain or distress;
- Example: "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
[syn: stressed, distressed]

4. afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;
- Example: "too upset to say anything"
- Example: "spent many disquieted moments"
- Example: "distressed about her son's leaving home"
- Example: "lapsed into disturbed sleep"
- Example: "worried parents"
- Example: "a worried frown"
- Example: "one last worried check of the sleeping children"
[syn: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

distressed
    adj 1: 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)]
    2: generalized feeling of distress [syn: dysphoric,
       distressed, unhappy] [ant: euphoric]
    3: suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out
       of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty
       breathing" [syn: stressed, distressed]
    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, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried]