distressed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: distressed	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for distressed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distressed adj 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" Synonym(s): distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(p) generalized feeling of distress Synonym(s): dysphoric, distressed, unhappy Antonym(s): euphoric suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing" Synonym(s): stressed, distressed 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" Synonym(s): disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distress \Distress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distressing}.] [Cf. OF. destrecier. See {Distress}, n.] 1. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. --2 Cor. iv. 8. 2. To compel by pain or suffering. Men who can neither be distressed* nor won into a sacrifice of duty. --A. Hamilton. 3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain. Syn: To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict; worry; annoy.