Distressed
Distressed adjective - Generalized feeling of distress.
Tortured and distressed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tortured" instead the word "Distressed" as an adjective or a verb.
Tortured
Tortured adjective - Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain.
Distressed and tortured are semantically related. You can use "Distressed" instead the word "Tortured" as an adjective or a verb.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- woeful and distressed
- woeful and tortured
- disturbed and distressed
- disturbed and tortured
- sad and distressed
- sad and tortured
- unhappy and distressed
- unhappy and tortured
- wretched and distressed
- wretched and tortured
- suffering and distressed
- suffering and tortured
- sorrowful and distressed
- sorrowful and tortured
Both words in one sentence
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Distressed Dude: He has a tendency to get kidnapped, tortured, and/or held hostage a lot.
Source: Characters / New Mutants -
Distressed Damsel: Rogue gets captured, tortured, and nearly killed by Blockbuster, but Deadpool only goes to save her because he thinks that she'll fall in love with him.
Source: Video Game / Deadpool -
Distressed Dude: Daniel, who is illegally arrested and tortured by Chilean soldiers after the coup d'etat.
Source: Film / La Colonia
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