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[ dih-strest ] / dɪˈstrɛst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR distressed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveaffected with or suffering from distress. (of merchandise or property for sale) damaged, out-of-date, or used. (of real estate) foreclosed and offered for sale. (of furniture) purposely blemished or marred so as to give an antique appearance. (of fabric) made or processed to appear faded or wrinkled, as if from long, steady use: Our best-selling jeans are the ones in distressed denim. Origin of distressedFirst recorded in 1580–90; distress + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM distresseddis·tress·ed·ly [dih-stres-id-lee, -strest-lee], /dɪˈstrɛs ɪd li, -ˈstrɛst li/, adverbdis·tress·ed·ness, nounqua·si-dis·tressed, adjectiveun·dis·tressed, adjectiveWords nearby distresseddistrait, distraite, distraught, distress, distress call, distressed, distressed area, distress flag, distress frequency, distressful, distress gun Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for distressedNow the center was being used for “Ebola orphans” – lost children, shunned children, distressed children. The Life of a Liberian Child with Ebola|Sarah Crowe|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST But his recent Twitter feed, filled with dozens of angry and depressed rants, showed Fryberg was distressed. The Homecoming Prince Who Tweeted His Killing Spree|Brandy Zadrozny|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST When told that the Gathering was back in her area, she was distressed. A Report From the Misunderstood Gathering of the Juggalos|Steve Miller|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST I thought, who do I want to know the most about, distressed or violent or crazy people? Surviving War Doesn’t Turn All Veterans into Victims, Sometimes it Helps Them Grow|David Morris|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet they were also distressed and filled with envy over the slightest inequalities that remained. What’s At Stake In The Tocqueville/Piketty Debate|James Poulos|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST He could not but obey the summons of her distressed beauty, perfect knight of chivalry that he was. The King of Alsander|James Elroy Flecker Dr. Ingleby, for one, was distressed by its “painful stare, with goggle eyes and gaping mouth.” Summer Days in Shakespeare Land|Charles G. Harper Last evening we read a chapter by the bedside of the distressed sailor. Eli and Sibyl Jones|Rufus Matthew Jones It struck her as a species of ghastly sentiment, which at once distressed, and impelled her to hysterical mirth. The Butterfly House|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman "I need not say how shocked and distressed I am," he said, from his platform on the landing. The Ladies Lindores, Vol. 2(of 3)|Margaret Oliphant
British Dictionary definitions for distressed
adjectivemuch troubled; upset; afflicted in financial straits; poor (of furniture, fabric, etc) having signs of ageing artificially applied economics another word for depressed (def. 4) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to distressedperturbed, shaky, miffed, anxious, agitated, jittery, distraught, troubled, afflicted, peeved, concerned, distracted, worried, discombobulated, wired, wrecked, bothered, ripped, exercised, harassed |