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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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Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.

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

Sackcloth :: Sackcloth (n.) Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence..

Roaring :: Roaring (n.) A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of a person in distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy congregation..

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air..

Tribulation :: Tribulation (n.) That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction..

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

Help :: Help (v. t.) Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the person or thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help of fifty dollars..

Sorrowful :: Sorrowful (a.) Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed.

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

Namation :: Namation (n.) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.

Distressing :: Distressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distres.

Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind..

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

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.

Roar :: Roar (n.) The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like..

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture..

Entrap :: Entrap (v. t.) To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men..

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

Blackmail :: Blackmail (v. t.) To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud..