Definition of stress

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Stress (n.) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained..

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Singeress :: Singeress (n.) A songstress.
Dame :: Dame (n.) A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady..
Pain :: Pain (n.) Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish.
Sufficed :: Suffering (a.) Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc..
Mrs. :: Mrs. () The customary abbreviation of Mistress when used as a title of courtesy, in writing and printing..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an amercement..
Distress :: Distress (n.) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
Console :: Console (v. t.) To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.
Carking :: Carking (a.) Distressing; worrying; perplexing; corroding; as, carking cares..
Stress :: Stress (n.) Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance..
Cardialgy :: Cardialgy (n.) A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion..
Comfortless :: Comfortless (a.) Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless.
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child..
Miss :: Miss (n.) A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5..
Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances..
Clear :: Clear (v. i.) To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free..
Distressful :: Distressful (a.) Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation..
Mistress :: Mistress (n.) A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc..
Needlework :: Needlework (n.) Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress..
Distressing :: Distressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distres.
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