Crossword clues for distressed
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
distressed \distressed\ adj.
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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).
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experienceing a generalized feeling of distress. Also See: dejected, unhappy, sad. Antonym: euphoric.
Syn: dysphoric, unhappy.
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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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emotionally upset.
Syn: unstrung.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
past participle adjective from distress. In reference to furniture, by 1940.
Wiktionary
1 anxious or uneasy 2 (context of merchandise etc English) damaged 3 (context of a property English) offered for sale after foreclosure 4 (context of furniture etc English) faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique v
(en-past of: distress)
WordNet
adj. 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)]
generalized feeling of distress [syn: dysphoric, unhappy] [ant: euphoric]
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)]
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]
Usage examples of "distressed".
For the first time, Adams was confronted with so much that generations of his people had abhorred and rebelled against, and he found himself both distressed and strangely moved.
What most distressed Adams about Franklin was his approach with Vergennes.
She was missing from her home near Aylesbury for a month, and when she turned up again in a distressed condition she said that she had been detained by people who wanted to make a servant of her.
He drove back to Bonita Vista distressed, unhappy, and filled with a bleak resignation.
Only Freyja was distressed at the news of a contest between the Chatti champion and Theophilus.
Miss Cherrystone looked extremely distressed and Gavin realized that his face had given his thoughts away.
Hawk replaced the radio in the pocket of his distressed overcoat inside the great hall of the Supreme Court as Cyrus kept Aaron, Jenny, Sam and the two Desis off to the side, away from the arched metal detectors.
Ouardi looked at Domini and made a distressed grimace, pointing with a brown finger at the glass.
The idea that his stomach could again know peace evidently shocked and distressed him, and as they all waded together through the sand, pioneered by the glorified Batouch, Domini was obliged to yield to his emphatic despair, and to join with him in his appreciation of the perpetual indigestion which set him apart from the rest of the world like some God within a shrine.
Colton bent near solicitously, but when she shuddered convulsively after casting another distressed glance beyond him, he looked around in curiosity to see what had provoked this reaction from her and mentally cursed when he espied Alice Cobble, not only present against his wishes, but in the same slovenly condition she had been in when he had first brought her from London.
Prince of Scotland is more welcome to Saladin than was Kenneth to the solitary Ilderim when they met in the desert, or the distressed Ethiop to the Hakim Adonbec.
Aw hate fowk sanctimonious, whose humility is pride, Who, when they see a chap distressed, pass by on tother side!
The distressed, insistent voice of the orderly hummed through the communicator.
Glasgow came to a sudden end, owing to the death of his father, and, distressed and bewildered at the duties of his new position, he rode swiftly away one November morning to Kincardine Castle, to make arrangements for the funeral.
Lali would be distressed, but Lali would have to let him die on the plain.