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Definition of distress

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Distress (n.) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc..

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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..

Comfortable :: Comfortable (a.) Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person..

Struggle :: Struggle (n.) A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.

Strait-handed :: Straiten (v. t.) To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances..

Dolor :: Dolor (n.) Pain; grief; distress; anguish.

Affliction :: Affliction (n.) The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief..

Lampoon :: Lampoon (n.) A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress..

Press :: Press (v.) To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger..

Ache :: Ache (v. i.) To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed..

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..

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

Woful :: Woful (a.) Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want..

Malignant :: Malignant (a.) Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious..

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

Refuge :: Refuge (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress.

Distress :: Distress (n.) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty..

Clear :: Clear (v. i.) To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free..