His nagging distressed her.
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Distressed
//dɪˈstɹɛst//
Synonyms for "distressed" (128 found)
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Related words (64)
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3 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- запориран adj (offered for sale after foreclosure)
- изтормозен adj (anxious or uneasy)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- چەوساو adj (anxious or uneasy)
- چەوساو adj (damaged)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 哀伤的 adj (anxious or uneasy)
- 苦恼的 adj (anxious or uneasy)
- 苦惱的 /苦恼的 adj (anxious or uneasy)
Finnish
4 entries- huolestunut adj (anxious or uneasy)
- levoton adj (anxious or uneasy)
- loppuunmyynti adj (offered for sale after foreclosure)
- vahingoittunut adj (damaged)
French
2 entries- accablé adj (anxious or uneasy)
- en détresse adj (anxious or uneasy)
German
1 entries- beunruhigt adj (anxious or uneasy)
Hindi
1 entries- खिन्न adj (anxious or uneasy)
Iban
1 entries- ibur adj (anxious or uneasy)
Irish
2 entries- anacrach adj (anxious or uneasy)
- angarach adj (anxious or uneasy)
Māori
4 entries- mamate adj (anxious or uneasy)
- māngi adj (anxious or uneasy)
- pāpōuri adj (anxious or uneasy)
- pōkeka adj (anxious or uneasy)
Old Norse
1 entries- ǫngværr adj (anxious or uneasy)
Sanskrit
1 entries- खिन्न adj (anxious or uneasy)
Spanish
4 entries- atribulado adj (anxious or uneasy)
- dañado adj (damaged)
- deslucido adj (faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique)
- gastado adj (faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique)
Swedish
4 entries- bedrövad adj (anxious or uneasy)
- förstörd adj (damaged)
- orolig adj (anxious or uneasy)
- skadad adj (damaged)
Turkish
1 entries- sıkıntılı adj (anxious or uneasy)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
You have no idea how distressed she was.
Source: tatoeba (308111)
The news distressed her.
Source: tatoeba (311359)
What police thought was a distressed cat turned out to be a man practicing the cuica, a drum which produces noise by rubbing a stick attached to the drumhead from the inside.
Source: tatoeba (814515)
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