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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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Distressed :: Distressed (imp. & p. p.) of Distres.

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..

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

Anguish :: Anguish (v. t.) To distress with extreme pain or grief.

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

Forhall :: Forhall (v. t.) To harass; to torment; to distress.

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

Labor :: Labor (n.) Any pang or distress.

Suffering :: Suffering (n.) The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs..

Support :: Support (v. t.) To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes..

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

Sore :: Sore (superl.) Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity..

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

Howl :: Howl (v. i.) To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.

Distress :: Distress (n.) To compel by pain or suffering.

Struggle :: Struggle (v. i.) To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress.

Stress :: Stress (n.) Distress.

Harrow :: Harrow (interj.) Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry.

Assist :: Assist (v. t.) To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor..

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.