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distress
[ dih-stres ]
noun
- great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble:
distress over his mother's illness.
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Antonyms:
- a state of extreme necessity or misfortune:
After the stock market crash, he found himself in great financial distress.
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- the state of a ship or airplane requiring immediate assistance, as when on fire in transit.
- that which causes pain, suffering, trouble, danger, etc.:
His willful disobedience was a distress to his parents.
- liability or exposure to pain, suffering, trouble, etc.; danger:
a damsel in distress.
- Law.
- the legal seizure and detention of the goods of another as security or satisfaction for debt, etc.; the act of distraining.
- the thing seized in distraining.
adjective
- afflicted with or suffering distress:
distress livestock; distress wheat.
- caused by or indicative of distress or hardship:
distress prices; distress borrowing.
verb (used with object)
It distresses Grandpa when you bring up the war.
- to subject to pressure, stress, or strain; embarrass or exhaust by strain:
to be distressed by excessive work.
- to compel by pain or force of circumstances:
Her faithlessness distressed him into ending their marriage.
- to dent, scratch, or stain (furniture, lumber, or the like) so as to give an appearance of age:
She used an old bicycle chain to distress the surface of the table before applying a deep stain.
distress
/ ɪˈٰɛ /
verb
- to cause mental pain to; upset badly
- usually passive to subject to financial or other trouble
- to damage (esp furniture), as by scratching or denting it, in order to make it appear older than it is
- law a less common word for distrain
- archaic.to compel
noun
- mental pain; anguish
- the act of distressing or the state of being distressed
- physical or financial trouble
- in distress(of a ship, aircraft, etc) in dire need of help
- law
- the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of or in satisfaction of a debt, claim, etc; distraint
- the property thus seized
- ( as modifier )
distress merchandise
Derived Forms
- 徱ˈٰԲ, adverb
- 徱ˈٰԲ, adjectivenoun
- 徱ˈٰڳܱ, adverb
- 徱ˈٰڳܱ, adjective
- 徱ˈٰڳܱness, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- 徱·ٰ·Բ· adverb
- ·徱·ٰ noun verb (used with object)
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of distress1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of distress1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Leaked video showed Israeli security staff shouting and insulting him as he became visibly distressed.
Ms Hempleman-Adams has since apologised, adding: "It was never my intention to misrepresent any historical achievements or cause distress to local communities."
The Sheriff’s Department received a distress call at 3:45 p.m., but Curtis was already dead by the time deputies arrived, according to sheriff’s spokesperson Elise Soviar.
Like Madonna, John said he is “grateful we can move forward” amid a time of divisiveness that he said has left him feeling “distressed.”
And on top of all that, you have to have lower functioning or significant distress.
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