distressed
pronunciation
How to pronounce distressed in British English:
UK [dɪˈstrest]
How to pronounce distressed in American English:
US [dɪˈstrest]
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- Adjective:
- facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
- generalized feeling of distress
- suffering severe physical strain or distress
- afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
Word Origin
- distressed (adj.)
- past participle adjective from distress. In reference to furniture, by 1940.
Example
- 1. No one could ever find them in a distressed state .
- 2. Mr tata is clearly distressed by what has happened .
- 3. The only way forward is to reflect on why you feel so distressed .
- 4. Some form of consolidation now looks inevitable as weaker developers are forced into distressed sales .
- 5. If we don 't ease each other 's stress through caring contact , we will all be increasingly distressed .