OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 31063

distressed

/dɪˈstɹɛst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
atribulado • temeroso
Anxious or uneasy.
I'm distressed that sexy John hasn't answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here.
Wee are troubled on euery side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despaire,
dañado
Damaged.
rematado • subastado
Offered for sale after foreclosure.
deslucido • gastado • maltratado
Faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique.
Distressed jeans bear all the signs of exertion, while the consumer never has to lift a finger. What could be more luxurious than that?
Lawyers for Hirst accepted that his works had on occasion “been made to look older or distressed”.