Distressed vs. Destressed

Distressed vs. Destressed — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Distressed and Destressed

Distressedadjective

anxious or uneasy

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

Destressedverb

simple past tense and past participle of destress

Distressedadjective

(of merchandise, etc.) damaged

Distressedadjective

(of a property) offered for sale after foreclosure

Distressedadjective

(of furniture, etc.) faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique

Distressedverb

simple past tense and past participle of distress

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Distressedadjective

facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty;

the troubled car industrydistressed companies need loans and technical advicefinancially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their priceswe were hard put to meet the mortgage paymentngit was apparent that the magazine was in troublefound themselves in a bad way financially

Distressedadjective

generalized feeling of distress

Distressedadjective

suffering severe physical strain or distress;

he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathingthe victim was in a bad way and needed immediate attention

Distressedadjective

afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;

too upset to say anythingspent many disquieted momentsdistressed about her son's leaving homelapsed into disturbed sleepworried parentsa worried frownone last worried check of the sleeping children