distressed

adj 1: facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "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 paymentng"; "it was

apparent that the magazine was in trouble"; "found

themselves in a bad way financially" [syn: {hard-pressed},

{hard put}, {in a bad way(p)}, {in trouble(p)}]

2: generalized feeling of distress [syn: {dysphoric}, {unhappy}]

[ant: {euphoric}]

3: suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped

out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty

breathing"; "the victim was in a bad way and needed

immediate attention" [syn: {stressed}, {in a bad way(p)}]

4: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or

grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted

moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home";

"lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a

worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping

children" [syn: {disquieted}, {disturbed}, {upset}, {worried}]