distressed

Adjective
  1. Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty (synset 302466610)
    "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"
    similar to: troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
    same as: hard put, hard-pressed, in a bad way
  2. Generalized feeling of distress (synset 300912446)
    also:
    • dejected - affected or marked by low spirits
    • unhappy - experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
    same as: dysphoric, unhappy
  3. Suffering severe physical strain or distress (synset 302467725)
    "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
    similar to: troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
    same as: stressed
  4. Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief (synset 302466219)
    "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 children"
    similar to: troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
    same as: disquieted, disturbed, upset, worried

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