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distressed
[ dih-strest ]
adjective
- showing or suffering from distress; worried or upset:
They got a call from a distressed mother whose child had gone missing.
We could tell from the distressed expression on his face that the news was bad.
- characterized by poor conditions or lack of resources:
The distressed economy has left many families struggling to make ends meet.
More help is needed for schools in distressed neighborhoods.
- (of merchandise or property for sale) damaged, out-of-date, or used:
The library periodically sells off distressed books.
- (of real estate) foreclosed and offered for sale:
Some investors seek out distressed properties to buy at a low price and make a profit on.
- (of furniture) purposely blemished or marred so as to give an antique appearance:
The distressed wooden chest in the corner of the room added a touch of rustic charm.
- (of fabric or clothing) made or processed to appear faded, wrinkled, frayed, or worn, as if from long, steady use:
Our best-selling jeans are the ones in distressed denim.
distressed
/ dɪˈstrɛst /
adjective
- much troubled; upset; afflicted
- in financial straits; poor
- (of furniture, fabric, etc) having signs of ageing artificially applied
- economics another word for depressed
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Other Words From
- dis·tress·ed·ly [dih-, stres, -id-lee], adverb
- dis·tress·ed·ness noun
- qua·si-dis·tressed adjective
- un·dis·tressed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of distressed1
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Example Sentences
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.
This client is distressed with all the changes in his work environment due to the coronavirus pandemic.
When officers tried to “secure her,” Anderson said, the distressed girl ran away.
Certain factors put some students at greater risk of feeling highly distressed.
Rechnitz 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.
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.
When told that the Gathering was back in her area, she was distressed.
I thought, who do I want to know the most about, distressed or violent or crazy people?
Yet 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.
Before the distressed landlord could utter a word, the stranger had wheeled about again to face Garnache.
Gilbert's place was vacant, and the fear that had distressed her so much on the previous night returned with redoubled force.
That the p. 119occurrence could have happened during his management distressed him greatly I know.
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