DISTRESSED

adj. in trouble, experiencing hardship, in great need of assistance

v. upset, sadden, trouble, grieve; make a piece of furniture appear old, antique (by denting, scratching, painting, etc.)

The word distress has various meanings:-Distress is a kind of suffering.In medicine, distress is stress caused by adverse events.In Maritime and Aircraft terms, distress is defined as "grave and imminent danger to life or person or vessel or aircraft, needing immediate assistance".Distress is also used by Search and Rescue services to describe targets in adverse or critical conditions.Distress can also refer to the process whereby materials are worn down by time and natural forces.Distressing in woodworking and the decorative arts is the art of making furniture and household objects look old.In law, distress, or distraint, is the act of seizing goods to compel payment, or the goods thus seized.Distress is a novel by Greg Egan
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Adjective
1. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "the troubled car industry"; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage paymentng"; "it was apparent that the magazine was in trouble"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"
(synonym) hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(p), in trouble(p)
(similar) troubled
2. generalized feeling of distress
(synonym) dysphoric, unhappy
(see-also) dejected
3. suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"; "the victim was in a bad way and needed immediate attention"
(synonym) stressed, in a bad way(p)
(similar) 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"
(synonym) disquieted, disturbed, upset, worried
(similar) troubled

Noun
1. psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
(synonym) hurt, suffering
(hypernym) pain, painfulness
(hyponym) anguish, torment, torture
2. a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
(hypernym) adversity, hardship, hard knocks
(hyponym) anguish
3. extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
(hypernym) pain, hurting
4. the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landloard's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
(synonym) distraint
(hypernym) seizure
Verb
1. cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
(hypernym) disturb, upset, trouble
(hyponym) besiege
(derivation) hurt, suffering

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of Distress