What is the meaning of distressed?

verb

  • Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship.
  • Cause mental pain to.
    • usage: "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"

adjective

  • Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty.
    • usage: "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"
  • Generalized feeling of distress.
  • Suffering severe physical strain or distress.
    • usage: "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
  • Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief.
    • usage: "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"
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APAWordNet. (2010). distressed. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/distressed/definitions/1172699
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