distressed

/dɪˈstɹɛst/

verb

To cause strain or anxiety to someone.
Similar: anguish, harrow, martyr, tantalise, tantalize
To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.
Similar: distrain
To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.
"She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room."
Similar: age, antique, patinate

adjective

Anxious or uneasy
"I'm distressed that John hasn't answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here."
(of merchandise, etc.) damaged
(of a property) offered for sale after foreclosure

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