distressed

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adjective

1. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way
• Similar to:
troubled
2. generalized feeling of distress
• Syn:
dysphoric, unhappy
• Ant:
euphoric (for: dysphoric)
• See Also:
dejected, unhappy
• Derivationally related forms:
unhappiness (for: unhappy), dysphoria (for: dysphoric)
3. suffering severe physical strain or distress
- he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing
• Syn:
stressed
• Similar to:
troubled
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
• Similar to:
troubled

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  disquieted, disturbed, upset, worried, stressed, dysphoric, unhappy, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(p)