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?

Derived terms

• undistrest

Verb

distrest

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

Anagrams

• stridest