Overview of verb distress

The verb distress has 2 senses

• straiten, distress -- (bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship)


• distress -- (cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother")

Overview of adj distressed

The adj distressed has 4 senses

• distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way -- (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")


• dysphoric, distressed, unhappy -- (generalized feeling of distress)


• stressed, distressed -- (suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing")


• disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried -- (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")