How to pronounce distressed in British English
“distressed” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to distressed the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “distressed” in: all accents · American English (238 clips)
“distressed” in real sentences — British speakers
414 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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a highly distressed child and two highly distressed parents.
The Scottish Parliament
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the root causes of distressed behaviour.
The Scottish Parliament
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It leaves victims feeling degraded and distressed.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “distressed”
Words one sound away from distressed — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “distressed”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of distressed. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.