Meaning & Definition of Distressed in English

1. 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"

2. Generalized feeling of distress

3. Suffering severe physical strain or distress

• "He dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"

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"