| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I distress |
| you distress |
| he/she/it distresses |
| we distress |
| you all distress |
| they distress |
|
| I am distressing |
| you are distressing |
| he/she/it is distressing |
| we are distressing |
| you all are distressing |
| they are distressing |
|
| I have distressed |
| you have distressed |
| he/she/it has distressed |
| we have distressed |
| you all have distressed |
| they have distressed |
|
| I have been distressing |
| you have been distressing |
| he/she/it has been distressing |
| we have been distressing |
| you all have been distressing |
| they have been distressing |
|
| Past |
| I distressed |
| you distressed |
| he/she/it distressed |
| we distressed |
| you all distressed |
| they distressed |
|
| I was distressing |
| you were distressing |
| he/she/it was distressing |
| we were distressing |
| you all were distressing |
| they were distressing |
|
| I had distressed |
| you had distressed |
| he/she/it had distressed |
| we had distressed |
| you all had distressed |
| they had distressed |
|
| I had been distressing |
| you had been distressing |
| he/she/it had been distressing |
| we had been distressing |
| you all had been distressing |
| they had been distressing |
|
| Future |
| I will distress |
| you will distress |
| he/she/it will distress |
| we will distress |
| you all will distress |
| they will distress |
|
| I will be distressing |
| you will be distressing |
| he/she/it will be distressing |
| we are distressing |
| you all will be distressing |
| they will be distressing |
|
| I will have distressed |
| you will have distressed |
| he/she/it will have distressed |
| we will have distressed |
| you all will have distressed |
| they will have distressed |
|
| I will have been distressing |
| you will have been distressing |
| he/she/it will have been distressing |
| we will have been distressing |
| you all will have been distressing |
| they will have been distressing |
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