distressed
苦しんでいる
解説 Definition
distressed は distress（苦しめる、悩ませる）の過去分詞からできた形容詞です。心配、悲しみ、痛みなどで強く苦しんでいる状態を表します。
Experiencing severe anxiety, sorrow, pain, or emotional suffering, often visibly. The adjective describes someone strongly affected by troubling news, loss, danger, illness, or another painful situation.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
distress「苦しめる」に -ed を付けた過去分詞由来の形容詞で、規則変化 distress–distressed–distressed、語末は /t/ と発音する。bad news で distressed、なくし物をして look distressed のように、強い心配・悲しみ・痛みで平静を失った人を表す。単なる stressed「ストレスがある」より切迫した苦痛を示すことが多い。
Build distressed from distress plus -ed: distress–distressed–distressed is a regular pattern, and the final ending is pronounced /t/. The adjective focuses on the person affected by serious worry, sorrow, or pain. Picture a child looking distressed after losing a bag, someone distressed by bad news, or a nurse comforting a distressed patient. Compared with stressed, distressed usually suggests stronger suffering or a more urgent loss of emotional calm. The common patterns look distressed and be distressed by something will help you use it naturally and distinguish the experiencer from the cause.
例文
The child looked distressed after losing his bag.
その子はかばんをなくして苦しそうに見えました。
She was distressed by the bad news.
彼女はその悪い知らせに苦しんでいました。
The nurse spoke gently to the distressed patient.
看護師は苦しんでいる患者にやさしく話しかけました。
distressed の類義語・関連語
distressed の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 districtus（引き離された）が古フランス語 destresse（苦悩）となり英語に。dis-（離れて）+ stringere（締めつける）が語根で、心が引き裂かれるような苦痛を表す。関連語: stress（圧迫）、strict（厳しい＝締めつける）。
Distressed is the past participle of distress used adjectivally. Distress came through Old French destresse from Latin districtus, the past participle of distringere, meaning to pull apart, constrain, or press tightly. That Latin verb combines dis- with stringere, “to draw tight.” The physical image of pressure or constraint developed into the noun and verb senses of severe difficulty, pain, or anxiety, and distressed describes the person affected by it.
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