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Antonyms for distressed

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-strest
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstrɛst

Definition of distressed

Origin :
  • past participle adjective from distress. In reference to furniture, by 1940.
  • adj upset
Example sentences :
  • George was glad to have some one to talk to, but he was distressed by this narration of his landlady.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • I was vexed and puzzled, and distressed, too, after sending John away as I had done.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • When he at last reappeared he was white as wax, distressed, anxious, but still resolute.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • She was so distressed to find that she no longer had strength to resist her pride.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • Her face was so distressed that Linda's nimble brain flew to a conclusion.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • She wrung her hands in agony, distressed that she could not at once repair the evil she had done.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • A word of consolation, a caress, even from her mother, would have distressed her.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • "Why, I brought home so much," he said, in a distressed tone.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • John pleaded, holding her as if she were a distressed child.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • What are kings made for, save to succor the feeble and distressed?
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Synonyms for distressed

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