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distressed
[ dih-strest ]
adjective
- 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- (of merchandise or property for sale) damaged, out-of-date, or used.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.
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, -, strest, -lee], adverb
- dis·tressed·ness noun
- quasi-dis·tressed adjective
- undis·tressed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of distressed1
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Example Sentences
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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