what does distressed mean?
DISTRESSED as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- generalized feeling of distress
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- Meaning
- afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
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- 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 wo
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- Meaning
- facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
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- the troubled car industry
- distressed companies need loans and technical advice
- financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices
- we were hard put to meet the mortgage paymen
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- Meaning
- suffering severe physical strain or distress
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- he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing
- the victim was in a bad way and needed immediate attention
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