"distressed" meaning in English

See distressed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈstɹɛst/ Forms: more distressed [comparative], most distressed [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛst Head templates: {{en-adj}} distressed (comparative more distressed, superlative most distressed)
  1. Anxious or uneasy. Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (anxious or uneasy): изтормозен (iztormozen) (Bulgarian), چەوساو (çewsaw) (Central Kurdish), huolestunut (Finnish), levoton (Finnish), en détresse (French), accablé (French), beunruhigt (German), ibur (Iban), anacrach (Irish), angarach (Irish), 苦惱的 (Mandarin), 苦恼的 (Mandarin), 苦恼的 (kǔnǎo de) (Mandarin), 哀伤的 (āishāng de) (Mandarin), mamate (Maori), pōkeka (Maori), māngi (Maori), pāpōuri (Maori), ǫngværr (Old Norse), खिन्न (khinna) (Sanskrit), temeroso (Spanish), atribulado (Spanish), orolig (Swedish), sıkıntılı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-distressed-en-adj-JNp-yPfC Disambiguation of Emotions: 47 2 39 2 7 3 Disambiguation of 'anxious or uneasy': 94 1 1 1 3
  2. (of merchandise, etc.) Damaged. Tags: usually Translations (damaged): چەوساو (çewsaw) (Central Kurdish), vahingoittunut (Finnish), dañado (Spanish), skadad (Swedish), förstörd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-distressed-en-adj-alWW3IeB Categories (other): Terms with Old Norse translations Disambiguation of Terms with Old Norse translations: 7 11 32 30 12 6 Disambiguation of 'damaged': 1 95 1 2 1
  3. (of a property) Offered for sale after foreclosure. Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (offered for sale after foreclosure): запориран (zaporiran) (Bulgarian), loppuunmyynti- (Finnish), rematado (Spanish), subastado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-distressed-en-adj-2LT4YVE9 Disambiguation of Emotions: 47 2 39 2 7 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Iban translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Old Norse translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 7 41 10 26 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 17 44 8 14 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 9 54 7 17 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 9 66 5 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 13 40 11 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 7 5 73 4 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 13 39 8 20 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 17 41 9 15 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 15 43 9 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Iban translations: 8 11 49 6 15 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 11 12 40 16 14 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 13 40 9 21 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 13 14 41 9 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Norse translations: 7 11 32 30 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 10 15 43 9 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 13 52 8 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 14 41 8 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 13 14 41 8 15 8 Disambiguation of 'offered for sale after foreclosure': 1 1 93 2 3
  4. (of furniture, etc.) Faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique. Tags: usually Translations (faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique): vanhennettu (Finnish), gastado (Spanish), maltratado (Spanish), deslucido (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-distressed-en-adj-5puH55V7 Categories (other): Terms with Old Norse translations Disambiguation of Terms with Old Norse translations: 7 11 32 30 12 6 Disambiguation of 'faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique': 0 1 1 95 2
  5. (finance, of securities) Experiencing financial or operational distress, default, or bankruptcy. Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-distressed-en-adj-cD4VLyjm Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Terms with Old Norse translations Disambiguation of Terms with Old Norse translations: 7 11 32 30 12 6 Topics: business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: distressed sale, pre-distressed

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈstɹɛst/
Rhymes: -ɛst Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} distressed
  1. simple past and past participle of distress Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: distress
    Sense id: en-distressed-en-verb-C04MyfHP

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2023 May 25, “What properties would Sam Zell invest in next?”, in The Economist, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Sam Zell called himself “the Grave Dancer”, even though, as he explained, his penchant for buying distressed assets “wasn’t so much dancing on graves as …raising the dead”.",
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          "ref": "2023 December 16, “Musk told lenders they would not lose money on Twitter deal”, in FT Weekend, Companies & Markets, page 10:",
          "text": "One multibillion-dollar firm that specialises in distressed debt called X's debt “uninvestable”.",
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          "text": "I'm distressed that sexy John hasn't answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here.",
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          "ref": "c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:",
          "text": "Oh that thou wer't not, poore distreſſed ſoule.",
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 4:8:",
          "text": "Wee are troubled on euery side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despaire,",
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          "ref": "1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "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?\"",
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        "(of merchandise, etc.) Damaged."
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        "(of a property) Offered for sale after foreclosure."
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          "ref": "2022, Carolyn Purnell, Blue Jeans, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 44:",
          "text": "Distressed jeans bear all the signs of exertion, while the consumer never has to lift a finger. What could be more luxurious than that?",
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        {
          "ref": "2024 March 19, Maeve McClenaghan, “Damien Hirst formaldehyde animal works dated to 1990s were made in 2017”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Lawyers for Hirst accepted that his works had on occasion “been made to look older or distressed”.",
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          "ref": "2019 November 7, “Distressed debt funds are waiting for a downturn”, in The Economist, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Funds that buy “distressed” debt, which typically yields ten percentage points or more over Treasuries, are becoming familiar villains.",
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          "ref": "2023 May 25, “What properties would Sam Zell invest in next?”, in The Economist, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Sam Zell called himself “the Grave Dancer”, even though, as he explained, his penchant for buying distressed assets “wasn’t so much dancing on graves as …raising the dead”.",
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          "ref": "2023 December 16, “Musk told lenders they would not lose money on Twitter deal”, in FT Weekend, Companies & Markets, page 10:",
          "text": "One multibillion-dollar firm that specialises in distressed debt called X's debt “uninvestable”.",
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      "word": "изтормозен"
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      "word": "苦惱的"
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      "code": "sa",
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      "word": "temeroso"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anxious or uneasy",
      "word": "atribulado"
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      "word": "sıkıntılı"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "damaged",
      "word": "vahingoittunut"
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "sense": "damaged",
      "word": "چەوساو"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "dañado"
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      "sense": "damaged",
      "word": "förstörd"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "offered for sale after foreclosure",
      "word": "запориран"
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      "sense": "offered for sale after foreclosure",
      "word": "loppuunmyynti-"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "offered for sale after foreclosure",
      "word": "rematado"
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      "sense": "offered for sale after foreclosure",
      "word": "subastado"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique",
      "word": "vanhennettu"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique",
      "word": "gastado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique",
      "word": "maltratado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique",
      "word": "deslucido"
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