Distressed — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

cause mental pain to

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈiːzᵻz/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪstɹˈɛst/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪstɹˈɛst/

3 syllables Say it as /ˈiːzᵻz/.

Examples

The news of her child's illness distressed the mother
distressed companies need loans and technical advice
financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

distress disturbed in a bad way hard-pressed upset worried straiten hard put unhappy dysphoric disquieted stressed

Antonyms

euphoric

Parts of Speech

verb	bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
verb	cause mental pain to “The news of her child's illness distressed the mother”
adjective	facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty “distressed companies need loans and technical advice”
adjective	generalized feeling of distress
adjective	suffering severe physical strain or distress “he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing”
adjective	afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief “too upset to say anything”

Word Forms

distress	noun	psychological suffering
dysphoria	noun	abnormal depression and discontent
unhappiness	noun	emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verzweifelt

in Schwierigkeiten oder Bedrängnis bringen, insbesondere in finanzielle Schwierigkeiten

🇫🇷French

affligé

entraîner des difficultés ou de la détresse, en particulier des difficultés financières

🇪🇸Spanish

afligido

traerle dificultades o angustia, especialmente dificultades financieras

🇮🇹Italian

angosciato

portare in difficoltà o disagio, soprattutto difficoltà finanziarie

🇳🇱Dutch

verdrietig

in moeilijkheden of nood brengen, vooral financiële problemen

🇵🇹Portuguese

angustiado

trazer dificuldades ou sofrimento, especialmente dificuldades financeiras

🇷🇺Russian

расстроенный

привести к трудностям или беде, особенно к финансовым трудностям

India

🇮🇳Hindi

व्यथित

कठिनाइयों या संकट में लाना, विशेषकर वित्तीय कठिनाई में लाना

🇧🇩Bengali

পীড়িত

অসুবিধা বা সঙ্কটের মধ্যে আনুন, বিশেষত আর্থিক কষ্ট

🇮🇳Tamil

மன உளைச்சல்

சிரமங்கள் அல்லது துயரங்களுக்கு, குறிப்பாக நிதி நெருக்கடிக்கு கொண்டு வரவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

బాధపడ్డాడు

ఇబ్బందులు లేదా బాధల్లోకి తీసుకురావడం, ముఖ్యంగా ఆర్థిక కష్టాలు

🇮🇳Marathi

व्यथित

अडचणी किंवा संकटात आणा, विशेषत: आर्थिक अडचणी

🇮🇳Gujarati

વ્યથિત

મુશ્કેલીઓ અથવા તકલીફમાં લાવો, ખાસ કરીને નાણાકીય મુશ્કેલી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂಕಟಪಡುತ್ತಾರೆ

ತೊಂದರೆಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಕಟಕ್ಕೆ, ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಸಂಕಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ತರುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിഷമിച്ചു

ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുകളിലേക്കോ ദുരിതങ്ങളിലേക്കോ കൊണ്ടുവരിക, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് സാമ്പത്തിക ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുകൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੁਖੀ

ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਬਿਪਤਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਲਿਆਓ, ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਵਿੱਤੀ ਤੰਗੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

پریشان

مشکلات یا پریشانی میں لانا ، خاص طور پر مالی مشکلات

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

苦恼

造成困难或困扰，尤其是经济困难

🇯🇵Japanese

苦しんでいる

困難や苦悩、特に経済的困難を引き起こす

🇰🇷Korean

고민하다

어려움이나 고난, 특히 재정적 어려움을 초래함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đau khổ

gây khó khăn hoặc đau khổ, đặc biệt là khó khăn về tài chính

🇹🇭Thai

เป็นทุกข์

นำมาซึ่งความยากลำบากหรือความทุกข์ยากโดยเฉพาะความยากลำบากทางการเงิน

🇮🇩Indonesian

tertekan

membawa kesulitan atau kesusahan, terutama kesulitan keuangan

🇵🇭Filipino

namimighati

nagdudulot ng mga paghihirap o pagkabalisa, lalo na ang kahirapan sa pananalapi

🇲🇾Malay

tertekan

membawa kesusahan atau kesusahan, terutamanya kesusahan kewangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بالأسى

جلب الصعوبات أو الضيق، وخاصة الضائقة المالية

🇮🇷Persian

مضطرب

با مشکلات یا پریشانی، به ویژه مشکلات مالی مواجه شود

🇹🇷Turkish

sıkıntılı

zorluk veya sıkıntıya, özellikle mali sıkıntıya sokmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

במצוקה

להביא לקשיים או למצוקה, במיוחד למצוקה כלכלית

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