distressed

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈstɹɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: dis‧tressed

Adjective

distressed (comparative more distressed, superlative most distressed)

1. anxious or uneasy

   I'm distressed that sexy John hasn't answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here.

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

Derived terms

• distressed sale
• pre-distressed

 

Translations

anxious or uneasy

• Bulgarian: изтормозен (bg) (iztormozen)
• Finnish: huolestunut (fi), levoton (fi)
• French: en détresse, accablé (fr)
• German: beunruhigt (de)
• Iban: ibur
• Irish: anacrach, angarach
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: چەوساو‎ (çewsaw)

• Mandarin: 苦惱的／苦恼的, 苦恼的 (kǔnǎo de), 哀伤的 (āishāng de)
• Maori: mamate, pōkeka, māngi, pāpōuri
• Old Norse: ǫngværr
• Sanskrit: खिन्न (sa) (khinna)
• Spanish: temeroso (es), atribulado (es)
• Swedish: orolig (sv)
• Turkish: sıkıntılı (tr)

damaged

• Finnish: vahingoittunut (fi)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: چەوساو‎ (çewsaw)

• Spanish: dañado (es)
• Swedish: skadad (sv), förstörd (sv)

offered for sale after foreclosure

• Bulgarian: запориран (bg) (zaporiran)
• Finnish: loppuunmyynti-
• Spanish: rematado (es), subastado (es)

faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique

• Finnish: vanhennettu
• Spanish: gastado (es), maltratado (es), deslucido (es)

Verb

distressed

1. simple past and past participle of distress