| distressed | | |
| adj. | 1. distressed, hard put, hard-pressed, in a bad way | facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty.; "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" |
| ~ troubled | characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need.; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers" |
| adj. | 2. distressed, dysphoric, unhappy | generalized feeling of distress. |
| ~ dejected | affected or marked by low spirits.; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful" |
| ~ unhappy | experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent.; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad" |
| adj. | 3. distressed, stressed | suffering severe physical strain or distress.; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing" |
| ~ troubled | characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need.; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers" |
| adj. | 4. disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried | afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief.; "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" |
| ~ troubled | characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need.; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers" |
| distress | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. distress, hurt, suffering | psychological suffering.; "the death of his wife caused him great distress" |
| ~ painfulness, pain | emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid.; "the pain of loneliness" |
| ~ anguish, torture, torment | extreme mental distress. |
| ~ self-torment, self-torture | self-imposed distress. |
| ~ tsoris | (Yiddish) trouble and suffering. |
| ~ wound | a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride).; "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it" |
| n. (state) | 2. distress | a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need).; "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress" |
| ~ anguish | extreme distress of body or mind. |
| ~ adversity, hard knocks, hardship | a state of misfortune or affliction.; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" |
| ~ pressure | an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress. |
| ~ throe | hard or painful trouble or struggle.; "a country in the throes of economic collapse" |
| n. (state) | 3. distress | extreme physical pain.; "the patient appeared to be in distress" |
| ~ hurting, pain | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" |
| n. (act) | 4. distraint, distress | the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim.; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien" |
| ~ seizure | the taking possession of something by legal process. |
| v. (social) | 5. distress, straiten | bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship. |
| ~ discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble, bother | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to.; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." |
| v. (emotion) | 6. distress | cause mental pain to.; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ besiege | cause to feel distressed or worried.; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged" |
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