Hypertext Webster Gateway: "distressed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Distress \Dis*tress"\, 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.
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.
--2 Cor. iv.
8.
2. To compel by pain or suffering.
Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a
sacrifice of duty. --A. Hamilton.
3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain.
Syn: To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict;
worry; annoy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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 way(p)}, {in trouble(p)}]
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 way(p)}]
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}]
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