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distressed

adjective

  1. anxious or stressed
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɹɛst/

adj

  1. Anxious or uneasy.

    She is distressed because she can't find her keys.

    Oh that thou wer't not, poore distreſſed ſoule.

  2. Damaged.
  3. Offered for sale after foreclosure.
  4. Faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique.

    Distressed jeans bear all the signs of exertion, while the consumer never has to lift a finger. What could be more luxurious than that?

    Lawyers for Hirst accepted that his works had on occasion “been made to look older or distressed”.

  5. Experiencing financial or operational distress, default, or bankruptcy.

    distressed debt

    Funds that buy “distressed” debt, which typically yields ten percentage points or more over Treasuries, are becoming familiar villains.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of distress
distressed — meaning, definition (adjective) · Vinony