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[ adjective ] facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty

Examples

"the troubled car industry" "distressed companies need loans and technical advice" "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices" "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payme

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[ adjective ] facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty

Examples

"the troubled car industry" "distressed companies need loans and technical advice" "financially hard-pressed hotels are lowering their prices" "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"

Used in print

(Committee for Economic Development, Distressed...)

An extension of this program into the other distressed areas should be undertaken .

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troubled

3
[ adjective ] suffering severe physical strain or distress

Examples

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

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troubled

4
[ adjective ] afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

Examples

"too upset to say anything" "spent many disquieted moments" "distressed about her son's leaving home" "lapsed into disturbed sleep" "worried parents"

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[ adjective ] generalized feeling of distress

Synonyms

unhappy dysphoric

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euphoric unhappy dejected

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