[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

distress \distress"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. distressed; p. pr.
    vb. n. distressing. cf. of. destrecier. see distress,
   n.
   1. to cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with
      calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
      1913 webster

            we are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.
                                                  --2 cor. iv.
                                                  8.
      1913 webster

   2. to compel by pain or suffering.
      1913 webster

            men who can neither be distressed nor won into a
            sacrifice of duty.                    --a. hamilton.
      1913 webster

   3. law to seize for debt; to distrain.

   syn: to pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict;
        worry; annoy.
        1913 webster
see also:
distressed distressing distress 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

distressed \distressed\ adj.
   1. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty;
      as, distressed companies need loans and technical advice.

   syn: hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad waypredicate, in
        troublepredicate.
        wordnet 1.5

   2. experienceing a generalized feeling of distress. also see:
      dejected, unhappy, sad. antonym: euphoric.

   syn: dysphoric, unhappy.
        wordnet 1.5

   3. suffering severe physical strain or discomfort; as, he
      dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having
      difficulty breathing.

   syn: stressed, in a bad waypredicate.
        wordnet 1.5

   4. emotionally upset.

   syn: unstrung.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
dejected unhappy sad euphoric 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

distressed
     adj 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" syn: hard-pressed,
             hard put, in a bad wayp, in troublep
     2: generalized feeling of distress syn: dysphoric, unhappy
        ant: euphoric
     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" syn: stressed, in a bad wayp
     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" syn: disquieted, disturbed, upset, worried
see also:
hard-pressed hard put in a bad wayp in troublep dysphoric unhappy 
euphoric stressed disquieted disturbed upset 
worried 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

88 moby thesaurus words for "distressed":
   abashed, afflicted, agitated, agonized, annoyed, anxious,
   badly off, beset, bothered, cast down, chagrined, chapfallen,
   confused, convulsed, crucified, discomfited, discomforted,
   discomposed, disconcerted, disquieted, distracted, distrait,
   disturbed, down to bedrock, embarrassed, feeling the pinch,
   harassed, hard up, harrowed, hung up, hurt, hurting, ill at ease,
   ill off, impecunious, in queer street, in distress,
   in narrow circumstances, in pain, in reduced circumstances,
   in straitened circumstances, inconvenienced, irked, lacerated,
   land-poor, martyred, martyrized, mortified, narrow, on the edge,
   on the rack, out of countenance, out of pocket, pained, perturbed,
   pinched, plagued, poor, poorly off, put to it, put-out, put-upon,
   puzzled, racked, reduced, short, short of cash, short of funds,
   short of money, sore beset, squeezed, straitened, strapped,
   suffering, tormented, tortured, troubled, twisted, uncomfortable,
   under the harrow, uneasy, unmoneyed, unprosperous, upset, vexed,
   worried, wounded, wrung

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