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Definitions for Distressed
[1] affected with or suffering from distress.
[2] (of merchandise or property for sale) damaged, out-of-date, or used.
[3] (of real estate) foreclosed and offered for sale.
[4] (of furniture) purposely blemished or marred so as to give an antique appearance.
[5] (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.
[6] great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
[7] a state of extreme necessity or misfortune.
[8] the state of a ship or airplane requiring immediate assistance, as when on fire in transit.
[9] that which causes pain, suffering, trouble, danger, etc.
[10] liability or exposure to pain, suffering, trouble, etc.; danger: a damsel in distress.
[11] Law . the legal seizure and detention of the goods of another as security or satisfaction for debt, etc.; the act of distraining. the thing seized in distraining.
[12] to dent, scratch, or stain (furniture, lumber, or the like) so as to give an appearance of age.
[13] afflicted with or suffering distress: distress livestock; distress wheat.
[14] caused by or indicative of distress or hardship: distress prices; distress borrowing.
[15] to afflict with great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; trouble; worry; bother.
[16] to subject to pressure, stress, or strain; embarrass or exhaust by strain: to be distressed by excessive work.
[17] to compel by pain or force of circumstances: His suffering distressed him into committing suicide.
[18] much troubled; upset; afflicted
[19] in financial straits; poor
[20] (of furniture, fabric, etc) having signs of ageing artificially applied
[21] economics another word for depressed (def. 4)
[22] to cause mental pain to; upset badly
[23] (usually passive) to subject to financial or other trouble
[24] to damage (esp furniture), as by scratching or denting it, in order to make it appear older than it is
[25] law a less common word for distrain
[26] archaic to compel
[27] mental pain; anguish
[28] the act of distressing or the state of being distressed
[29] physical or financial trouble
[30] in distress (of a ship, aircraft, etc) in dire need of help
[31] law the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of or in satisfaction of a debt, claim, etc; distraint the property thus seized US (as modifier ) distress merchandise
Words related to Distressed
perturbed, shaky, miffed, anxious, agitated, jittery, distraught, troubled, afflicted, peeved, concerned, distracted, worried, discombobulated, wired, wrecked, bothered, ripped, exercised, harassed
Words nearby Distressed
distress frequency, distress gun, distress merchandise, distress sale, distress signal, distressed, distressed area, distressful, distributary, distribute, distributed
Origin of Distressed
1250–1300; (noun) Middle English destresse < Anglo-French distresse, destresse, Old French < Vulgar Latin *districtia, equivalent to Latin district(us ) (see district) + -ia -y3; (v.) Middle English destressen < Anglo-French destresser (Old French destrecier ), derivative of the noun
Other 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
dis·tress·ing·ly , adverb
pre·dis·tress , noun, verb (used with object)
dis•tress′ adj.
Word origin for Distressed
C13: from Old French destresse distress, via Vulgar Latin, from Latin districtus divided in mind; see distrain
Synonyms for Distressed
afflicted, agitated, anxious, distraught, jittery, miffed, perturbed, shaky, troubled, bothered, bugged, concerned, discombobulated, distracted, dragged, exercised, harassed, peeved, ripped, saddened, shook, spooked, tormented, wired, worried, wrecked, all torn up, antsy, basket case, bummed out, bundle of nerves, cut up, disconsolate, distrait, fidgety, hyper, in a stew, in a tizzy, inconsolable, jumpy, shook up, shot down, strung out, unconsolable, unglued, up the wall, uptight, wretched