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1. Generalized feeling of distress
   - dysphoric, unhappy
    
2. Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
   "distressed companies need loans and technical advice";
   - hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way
    
3. Suffering severe physical strain or distress
   "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing";
   - stressed
    
4. Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
   "distressed about her son's leaving home";
   - disquieted, disturbed, upset, worried, cut up [informal]

1. Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
   - straiten
    
2. Cause mental pain to
   "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"

See also: dejected, troubled, unhappy

Type of: bother, discommode, disoblige, disturb, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble, upset

Antonym: euphoric

Encyclopedia: Distressed