distressed meaning and definition

DISTRESSED adjective

Definition of distressed (adjective)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: hard put, hard-pressed, in a bad way
2. generalized feeling of distress
   • synonyms: dysphoric, unhappy
   • antonym: euphoric
3. suffering severe physical strain or distress
   • "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
   • synonyms: stressed
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"
   • synonyms: disquieted, disturbed, upset, worried