distressed
affected 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(of merchandise or property for sale) damaged, out-of-date, or used.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 distressed
1Other words from distressed
- dis·tress·ed·ly [dih-stres-id-lee, -strest-lee], /dɪˈstrɛs ɪd li, -ˈstrɛst li/, adverb
- dis·tress·ed·ness, noun
- qua·si-dis·tressed, adjective
- un·dis·tressed, adjective
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How to use distressed in a sentence
When I was young and relatives talked to my older brother and me about it, wanting to share who our father was and express their own sense of loss, I often felt confused and distressed.
What happens to our lost childhood memories? Motherhood sent me looking for answers. | Missy Ryan | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostThis client is distressed with all the changes in his work environment due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Video conferences are here to stay, even after we go back to the office. Get used to it. | Karla Miller | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostWhen officers tried to “secure her,” Anderson said, the distressed girl ran away.
Rochester police handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl, body-cam footage shows | Jaclyn Peiser | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostCertain factors put some students at greater risk of feeling highly distressed.
The COVID-19 pandemic made U.S. college students’ mental health even worse | Sujata Gupta | January 22, 2021 | Science NewsRechnitz has said that some of the state’s inspection findings over the years came shortly after he purchased distressed facilities and before he had time to turn them around.
Profit and pain: How California’s largest nursing home chain amassed millions as scrutiny mounted | Debbie Cenziper, Joel Jacobs, Alice Crites, Will Englund | December 31, 2020 | Washington Post
Now the center was being used for “Ebola orphans” – lost children, shunned children, distressed children.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen 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 | THE DAILY BEASTI 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 | THE DAILY BEASTYet they were also distressed and filled with envy over the slightest inequalities that remained.
He became irritable, distressed, and anxious—struggled hard to get the needful sum together, struggled and strove; but failed.
The visitors, seeing how distressed the General was, by tacit consent avoided the subject, but everyone felt the dampening effect.
Uncanny Tales | VariousBefore the distressed landlord could utter a word, the stranger had wheeled about again to face Garnache.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniGilbert's place was vacant, and the fear that had distressed her so much on the previous night returned with redoubled force.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieThat the p. 119occurrence could have happened during his management distressed him greatly I know.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
British Dictionary definitions for distressed
/ (dɪˈstrɛst) /
much troubled; upset; afflicted
in financial straits; poor
(of furniture, fabric, etc) having signs of ageing artificially applied
economics another word for depressed (def. 4)
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