distrest

English

Adjective

distrest (comparative more distrest, superlative most distrest)

  1. Obsolete form of distressed.
    • 1876, “The Little Birds to Lesbia”, in Punch, volumes 69-70, page 218:
      Has Fashion iced that snowy breast / Where Cytherea's doves might rest, / Till sighs of Songland, sore distrest, / Its feelings may not harrow?

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Verb

distrest

  1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of distress

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