Distressed

/dɪˈstɹɛst/ · adjective

Meaning

Anxious or uneasy..

Definitions by Sense

1. Anxious or uneasy.
2. (of merchandise, etc.) Damaged.
3. (of a property) Offered for sale after foreclosure.
4. (of furniture, etc.) Faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique.
5. (finance, of securities) Experiencing financial or operational distress, default, or bankruptcy.
6. simple past and past participle of distress

Example Sentences

She is distressed because she can't find her keys.

Oh that thou wer't not, poore distreſſed ſoule.

Wee are troubled on euery side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despaire,

Now, I saw, upon a time, when he was walking in the fields, that he was, as he was wont, reading in his book, and greatly distressed in his mind; and, as he read, he burst out, as he had done before, crying, "What shall I do to be saved?"

Distressed jeans bear all the signs of exertion, while the consumer never has to lift a finger. What could be more luxurious than that?

Lawyers for Hirst accepted that his works had on occasion “been made to look older or distressed”.

distressed debt

Funds that buy “distressed” debt, which typically yields ten percentage points or more over Treasuries, are becoming familiar villains.

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• more distressed
• most distressed

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