Distressed vs. Destressed
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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 financiallyDistressedadjective
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 attentionDistressedadjective
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
