in distress
- troubledExperiencing distress or anxiety
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
struggling · helpless · stranded · drowning · crying · SOS · rescue · urgent · alarmed · frantic · wounded · trapped · mayday · shipwrecked · overwhelmed · floundering · distraught · tormented
safety/danger situation
in distresssafe
Free from peril
out of danger · secure · rescued · safe and sound · out of harm's way
physical comfort
in distresscomfortable
Physically at ease
at ease · pain-free · relieved · thriving · flourishing