distressed

Adjective

• 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
    

• suffering severe physical strain or distress
  • he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing
    

• generalized feeling of distress

• facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
  • distressed companies need loans and technical advice
    
  • financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices
    
  • we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment
    
  • found themselves in a bad way financially
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  disquieted , disturbed , upset , worried , stressed , dysphoric , unhappy , hard-pressed , hard put , in a bad way(p)