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distressed in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- 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"
disquieted distressed disturbed upset worried
- generalized feeling of distress
dysphoric distressed unhappy
- 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"
distressed hard-pressed hard put in a bad way
- suffering severe physical strain or distress
"he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
stressed distressed
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