[adjective]The police said that they had received a phone call from a distressed woman claiming that she had been attacked.He was greatly distressed to see the damage that the accident had done to his car.The government is taking steps to stimulate business development in (economically) distressed areas (= those in economic difficulty).
DISTRESSED
Meaning of DISTRESSED in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012