distressed adj

1 facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "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 paymentng"; "it was apparent that the magazine was in trouble"; "found themselves in a bad way financially" [syn: hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(p), in trouble(p)]

2 generalized feeling of distress [syn: dysphoric, unhappy] [ant: euphoric]

3 suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"; "the victim was in a bad way and needed immediate attention" [syn: stressed, in a bad way(p)]

4 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" [syn: disquieted, disturbed, upset, worried]

English

Adjective

1. anxious or uneasy
2. In the context of "of merchandise etc}} damaged

The word distress has various meanings:-

• Distress is a kind of suffering or stress.
• In medicine, distress is stress caused by adverse events. See also fetal distress, respiratory distress.
• In Maritime and Aircraft terms, distress is defined as "grave and imminent danger to life or person or vessel or aircraft, needing immediate assistance". Such a state is indicated by a mayday radio call.
• Distress is also used by Search and Rescue services to describe targets in adverse or critical conditions.
• Distress can also refer to the process whereby materials are worn down by time and natural forces.
• Distressing in woodworking and the decorative arts is the art of making furniture and household objects look old.
• In law, distress, or distraint, is the act of seizing goods to compel payment, or the goods thus seized.
• Distress is a novel by Greg Egan

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