Dictionary Results for distress
1. distress - noun · psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress" Synonym(s): hurt, suffering Hypernym(s): pain, painfulness
2. distress - noun · a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress" Hypernym(s): adversity, hardship, hard_knocks
3. distress - noun · extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress" Hypernym(s): pain, hurting
4. distress - noun · the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien" Synonym(s): distraint Hypernym(s): seizure
5. distress - verb · bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship Synonym(s): straiten Hypernym(s): trouble, put_out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
6. distress - verb · cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother" Hypernym(s): disturb, upset, trouble
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