distressed

1. 1
   adjective

   Feeling worried, upset, or unable to relax.

   Like how you feel when you lose something important and cannot find it.

   She felt distressed when she could not find her dog.

   The distressed child cried until her mother arrived.

   Similardistraught, pained, agonised, tortured, heartsore

   Oppositecalm, relaxed, composed, untroubled

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2. 2
   adjective

   Broken, worn, or harmed in some way.

   The flood left the walls distressed and stained.

   He sold the distressed furniture at a very low price.

   Similardamaged, worn, deteriorated, weakened

   Oppositesound, intact, undamaged

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3. 3
   adjective

   Made to look old on purpose, by fading, scratching, or wearing it.

   Like new jeans that are made to look old and faded on purpose.

   She bought a distressed wooden table for the kitchen.

   The jacket has a distressed look, as if worn for years.

   Similaraged, weathered, worn

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4. 4
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of distress. Use it for worry or upset that already happened.

   The sad news distressed the whole family.

   She distressed her parents when she stayed out late.

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5. 5
   adjective

   In serious money trouble, close to failing or unable to pay its debts.

   Like a store that owes so much money it might have to close.

   The bank bought several distressed companies cheaply.

   Investors look for distressed businesses they can fix and resell.

   Similartroubled, ailing, insolvent

   Oppositehealthy, solvent, thriving

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6. 6
   adjective

   Being sold by a bank after the owner could no longer keep paying for it.

   Like a house a bank sells cheaply because the owner could not pay the loan.

   They bought a distressed house for half its normal price.

   The agent showed us several distressed homes downtown.

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