Distressed can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
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| distressed - 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" | ||
| distressed - generalized feeling of distress | ||
| distressed - suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing" | ||
| distressed - 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" | ||
Verb |
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| distress - cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother" | ||
| distress - bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship |
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| 1. | adj. | Distressed companies need loans and technical advice. | |
| 2. | adj. | He dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing. | |
| 3. | adj. | Distressed about her son's leaving home. | |
| 4. | adj. | His nagging distressed her. | |
| 5. | adj. | You have no idea how distressed she was. | |
| 6. | adj. | The news distressed her. | |
| 7. | adj. | What police thought was a distressed cat turned out to be a man practicing the cuica, a drum which produces noise by rubbing a stick attached to the drumhead from the inside. | |
| 8. | adj. | EU finance ministers agreed on a permanent support system for distressed eurozone countries on Monday. | |
| 9. | adj. | Jane was distressed. | |
| 10. | adj. | "How is the young lady?" "She is greatly distressed; but her father is comforting her." | |
| 11. | adj. | Tom appears distressed. | |
| 12. | adj. | Tom is distressed. | |
| 13. | adj. | Tom seems distressed. | |
| 14. | adj. | Tom was distressed. | |
| 15. | adj. | You look distressed. | |
| 16. | noun | The death of his wife caused him great distress. | |
| 17. | noun | A ship in distress. | |
| 18. | noun | She was the classic maiden in distress. | |
| 19. | noun | Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien. | |
| 20. | noun | The patient appeared to be in distress. |
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| adj. | |
| Distressed companies need loans and technical advice. |
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| He dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing. |
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| Distressed about her son's leaving home. |
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| His nagging distressed her. | |
| You have no idea how distressed she was. | |
| The news distressed her. | |
| What police thought was a distressed cat turned out to be a man practicing the cuica, a drum which produces noise by rubbing a stick attached to the drumhead from the inside. | |
| EU finance ministers agreed on a permanent support system for distressed eurozone countries on Monday. | |
| Jane was distressed. | |
| "How is the young lady?" "She is greatly distressed; but her father is comforting her." | |
| Tom appears distressed. | |
| Tom is distressed. | |
| Tom seems distressed. | |
| Tom was distressed. | |
| You look distressed. | |
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| The death of his wife caused him great distress. |
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| A ship in distress. |
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| She was the classic maiden in distress. |
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| Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien. |
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| The patient appeared to be in distress. |
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