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# distressed

«distressed» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very upset, worried or in pain** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (distressed; more distressed); also the past form of distress

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very upset, worried or in pain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distressed/#m1)

2) In danger or trouble and needing help: «a distressed ship». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distressed/#m2)

3) (of furniture, clothes) Made to look old and worn on purpose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distressed/#m3)

4) (formal, business) In money trouble: «a distressed company». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distressed/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and safety lessons, a distressed child, animal or swimmer needs help. In design and fashion, «distressed» furniture or jeans have scratches or rips added on purpose. Phrases: «deeply distressed», «distressed by», «distressed jeans», «distressed wood».

### examples

- The distressed child was looking for her mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distressed/#x1)
- The cat seemed distressed by the fireworks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distressed/#x2)
- Lifeguards rescued the distressed swimmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distressed/#x3)
- She painted the table and sanded it to look distressed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distressed/#x4)
- He was distressed to hear his friend was ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distressed/#x5)
- Distressed jeans are sold with holes already in them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distressed/#x6)
- “Then what can I do?” asked the distressed man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distressed/#x7)

### note

Past form and adjective of «distress». «Distressed» describes the person who feels it; «distressing» describes the thing that causes it: «a distressing film made me distressed».

### In the corpora

- [(32-8) Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1006/)
- [And Tillegath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.632/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «distressed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distressed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.