Definition of distress

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Distress (n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc..

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Pity :: Pity (n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.
Press :: Press (v.) To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger..
Discomfort :: Discomfort (v. t.) Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow..
Tribulation :: Tribulation (n.) That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction..
Taking :: Taking (n.) Agitation; excitement; distress of mind.
Woful :: Woful (a.) Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want..
Thirsty :: Thirsty (n.) Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire..
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To harm, afflict, or distress..
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town..
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..
Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress.
Squall :: Squall (v. i.) To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled..
Remorseless :: Remorseless (a.) Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless..
Howl :: Howl (v. i.) To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
Labor :: Labor (n.) Any pang or distress.
Struggle :: Struggle (n.) A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.
Pain :: Pain (n.) Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty..
Severe :: Severe (superl.) Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold..
Hungry :: Hungry (superl.) Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire..
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