distressed, adj.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
<adj.all> (p) freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
distressed hard put hard-pressed in a bad way
sample sentences
"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"
semantic pointers
similar to
generalized feeling of distress
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
distressed dysphoric unhappy
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
disquieted distressed disturbed upset worried
sample sentences
"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"
semantic pointers
similar to
suffering severe physical strain or distress
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
distressed stressed
sample sentences
"he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
semantic pointers
similar to