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Imminence :: Imminence (n.) The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress..

Consolation :: Consolation (n.) The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit.

Familiarize :: Familiarize (v. t.) To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress..

Stress :: Stress (n.) Distress.

Yearn :: Yearn (v. i.) To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.

Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..

Relentless :: Relentless (a.) Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism..

Disease :: Disease (v. t.) To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.

Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To harm, afflict, or distress..

Dreary :: Dreary (superl.) Sorrowful; distressful.

Evil :: Evil (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days..

Dictator :: Dictator (n.) One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power..

Grief :: Grief (a.) Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance.

Succor :: Succor (v. t.) To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city..

Needful :: Needful (a.) Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.

Distraint :: Distraint (n.) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.

Imbitter :: Imbitter (v. t.) To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant..

Misery :: Misery (n.) Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

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.

Afflictive :: Afflictive (a.) Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.

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