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distressed::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way |
distressed companies need loans and technical advice.
distressed::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disquieted, disturbed, upset, worried |
distressed about her son's leaving home.
distressed::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stressed |
he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing.
Examples of distressed
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There hasn't been a tremendous avalanche of distressed deals hitting the market.
From the tennessean.com
Did I mention the film begins with a distressed child crying out for a lost pet?
From the bostonherald.com
Credit for the boom in distressed debt goes to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
From the businessweek.com
Eagleman is young, well groomed, and wearing distressed denim with pointy shoes.
From the independent.co.uk
He is distressed by Dean's apparent closeness to Suzie and is obviously jealous.
From the theepochtimes.com
Borghetti was told just that by one distressed staff member early in his tenure.
From the theaustralian.com.au
The industry group said 33% of the homes sold in November were distressed sales.
From the latimes.com
The distressed furniture and the big pieces are still what we want in the store.
From the dailynews.com
What's more, the market is hot right now for distressed debt deals, Ludtke said.
From the freep.com
- Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"
- Dysphoric: generalized feeling of distress
- Stressed: suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
- Disquieted: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping ...
- (distress) psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
- (distress) straiten: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- Distraint or distress is "the seizure of someoneu2019s property in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed", especially in common law countries...
- (Distress (medicine)) In medicine, distress is an aversive state in which an animal is unable to adapt completely to stressors and their resulting stress and shows maladaptive behaviors. It can be evident in the presence of various phenomena, such as inappropriate social interaction (e.g. ...
- (Distress (novel)) Distress is a 1995 science fiction novel by Australian writer Greg Egan.
