Saddened vs Distressed - What's the difference?
saddened | distressed |
(sadden)
to make sad or unhappy
* (Alexander Pope)
* , chapter=7
, title= (rare) to become sad or unhappy
* {{quote-book, year=1999, author=Mary Ann Mitchell, title=Drawn To The Grave
, passage=Hyacinth perfume tickled her senses, making her feel giddy, but she saddened when she saw how uncared for the garden was.}}
(rare) to darken a color during dyeing
to render heavy or cohesive
* Mortimer
anxious or uneasy
(of merchandise etc) damaged
(of a property) offered for sale after foreclosure
(of furniture etc) faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique
(distress)
As verbs the difference between saddened and distressed
is that saddened is past tense of sadden while distressed is past tense of distress.As an adjective distressed is
anxious or uneasy.saddened
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *sadden
English
Verb
(en verb)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
citation
- Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands.
Anagrams
* * English ergative verbsdistressed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm distressed that John hasn't answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here.