distressed
adjective
- anxious or stressed
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɹɛst/
adj
- Anxious or uneasy.
“She is distressed because she can't find her keys.”
“Oh that thou wer't not, poore distreſſed ſoule.”
- Damaged.
- Offered for sale after foreclosure.
- 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”.”
- 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
- simple past and past participle of distress