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distressed
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Word definitions for distressed in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN state ▪ He said his wife left the house in a very distressed state . ▪ He was said to be in a very distressed state . ▪ Anna: Anna telephoned early one morning in a distressed state , hoping I would be able to see ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
past participle adjective from distress . In reference to furniture, by 1940.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in 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 )
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
distressed \distressed\ adj. 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). experienceing a generalized feeling ...
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.