distress

distress: noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ acute, considerable, deep, extreme, great, immense (BrE), severe, significant

▪ genuine, real

▪ obvious

▪ unnecessary (esp. BrE)

▪ general

▪ emotional, mental, moral, personal, physical, psychological

▪ the physical distress of hunger

▪ the personal distress associated with unemployment

▪ economic, financial, social

▪ The causes of social distress include inadequate housing.

▪ marital, relationship (both AmE)

▪ an unhappy young couple in acute relationship distress

VERB + DISTRESS

▪ cause (sb)

▪ experience, feel, suffer

▪ the distress that she felt when her parents argued

▪ The animals suffer great pain and distress when hunted.

▪ show (signs of)

▪ She seemed calm and showed no signs of distress.

▪ hide

▪ He tried to hide his distress, but the tremor in his voice was unmistakable.

▪ express

▪ Hall expressed his distress at the court's failure to uphold his rights.

▪ avoid

▪ alleviate, ease, reduce, relieve

▪ see, sense

▪ She saw the distress in Christy's eyes.

▪ Sensing her distress, Luke walked over and patted her shoulder.

DISTRESS + NOUN

▪ call, signal

▪ The sinking ship sent out a distress call.

PREPOSITION

▪ in distress

▪ The child was clearly in distress.

▪ a ship in distress

▪ to sb's distress

▪ He dropped out of college, to his family's distress.

▪ distress at

▪ her obvious distress at hearing such bad news

▪ distress over

▪ The president issued a statement expressing her distress over the affair.

PHRASES

▪ a damsel in distress

▪ medieval ballads about a knight saving a damsel in distress

▪ a source of distress

▪ Getting old is a source of distress to men as well as women.

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Synonyms:

Affliction, calamity, disaster, misery, misfortune, adversity, hardship, trial, trouble, perplexity, Afflict, perplex, pain, trouble, grieve, make unhappy, make miserable / Anguish, agony, suffering, sorrow, grief, Take, seize, distrain / Pain, anguish, agony, torture, gripe, griping / Privation, destitution, poverty, indigence, want, straits

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distress — dis·tress n [Anglo French destrece, literally, tightness, anguish, deprivation, from Old French, ultimately from Late Latin districtus severe, from past participle of distringere to hinder, punish see distrain] 1: seizure and detention of the… … Law dictionary
distress — n Distress, suffering, misery, agony, dolor, passion are comparable when denoting the state of one that is in great trouble or in pain of mind or body. Distress commonly implies conditions or circumstances that cause physical or mental stress or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Distress — Dis*tress , n. [OE. destresse, distresse, OF. destresse, destrece, F. d[ e]tresse, OF. destrecier to distress, (assumed) LL. districtiare, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere. See {Distrain}, and cf. {Stress}.] 1. Extreme pain or suffering;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distress — dis‧tress [dɪˈstres] noun [uncountable] LAW when someone s goods are taken with the permission of a court of law so that they can be sold to pay unpaid rent, bills etc: • The corporation had a power of absolute and immediate distress in the event … Financial and business terms
Distress — may refer to: Distress (medicine), occurring when an individual cannot adapt to stress Suffering Distress signal, an internationally recognized means for obtaining help Distressed inventory, the process whereby materials are worn down by time and … Wikipedia
Distress — Pays d’origine France Genre musical Doom metal Death mélodique Metal Années d activité 1996 … Wikipédia en Français
distress — [di stres′] vt. [ME distressen < OFr destrecier, orig., to constrain (to do something) < destrece, constraint < ML destrescia < L districtus, pp. of distringere: see DISTRAIN] 1. to cause sorrow, misery, or suffering to; pain 2. to… … English World dictionary
distress — [n1] pain, agony ache, affliction, anguish, anxiety, bad news*, blues*, care, concern, cross, dejection, desolation, disappointment, discomfort, disquietude, dolor, embarrassment, grief, headache, heartache, heartbreak, irritation, malaise,… … New thesaurus
Distress — Dis*tress , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distressing}.] [Cf. OF. destrecier. See {Distress}, n.] 1. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable. [1913 Webster] We… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distress — ► NOUN 1) extreme anxiety or suffering. 2) the state of a ship or aircraft when in danger or difficulty. 3) Medicine a state of physical strain, especially difficulty in breathing. ► VERB 1) cause distress to. 2) give (furniture, leather, etc.)… … English terms dictionary

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