distressed

Definition of distressed in English English dictionary: anxious or uneasy
I'm distressed that John hasn't answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here.; faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique; Simple past tense and past participle of distress; damaged; offered for sale after foreclosure; {a} perplexed, afflicted, in distress; past of distress; If someone is distressed, they are upset or worried. I feel very alone and distressed about my problem; 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; {s} in trouble, experiencing hardship, in great need of assistance; fraught; lump in the throat
distressed neighborhood: neighborhood which is suffering hardship (unemployment, poverty, etc.)
distressed youth: young people who suffer from hardship (poverty, drugs, crime, etc.)
distress: A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt
distress: To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain
distress: discomfort
distress: To treat an object, such as an antique, to give it an appearance of age
She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room.
pre-distressed: already distressed before purchase, artificially made to look worn and old (usually applied to clothes or furniture)
distress: {v} to harass, perplex, afflict, seize
distress: {n} to the act of distraining, misery, wane
Distress: stress
distress: A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc
distress: Distress is a state of extreme sorrow, suffering, or pain. Jealousy causes distress and painful emotions
distress: Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends
distress: If someone or something distresses you, they cause you to be upset or worried. The idea of Toni being in danger distresses him enormously. to make someone feel very upset
distress: extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
distress: Distress is the state of being in extreme danger and needing urgent help. He expressed concern that the ship might be in distress
distress: To compel by pain or suffering
distress: The common law right of a landlord to seize the personal property of a tenant to satisfy past-due rent
distress: {f} upset, sadden, trouble, grieve; make a piece of furniture appear old, antique (by denting, scratching, painting, etc.)
distress: Serious danger
distress: The right of a party to sell the real or personal property of another party to pay for arrears in rent or loan payments
distress: What a plate sleeps on
distress: 1 The act or process by which a person, without prior court approval, seizes the personal property of another in satisfaction of a claim, as a pledge for performance of a duty, or in reparation of an injury
distress: To cause strain or anxiety to someone
distress: {i} extreme danger; trouble, hardship
distress: The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc
distress: a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
distress: The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction
distress: to retain someones property against the payment of a debt
distress: To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable
distress: The unpleasant stress that accompanies negative events (6)
distress: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
distress: cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother
distress: means that a cave-in is imminent or is likely to occur Distress is evidenced by such phenomena as the development of fissures in the face of or adjacent to an open excavation; the slumping of material from the face or the bulging or heaving of material from the bottom of an excavation; the spalling of material from the face of an excavation; and raveling, i e small amounts of material such as pebbles or little clumps of material suddenly separating from the face and trickling or rolling down into an excavation
distress: That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery
distress: cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
distress: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landloard's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
distress: To seize for debt; to distrain
distress: Refers to the act of pain or suffering affecting the mind
renewal of distressed neighborhoods: rebuilding of troubled neighborhoods, renovation of areas that are poor and/or have high unemployment