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Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..

Howl :: Howl (n.) A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.

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

Distressedness :: Distressedness (n.) A state of being distressed or greatly pained.

Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy..

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

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

Cumber :: Cumber (v.) Trouble; embarrassment; distress.

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

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

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..

Needy :: Needy (superl.) Distressed by want of the means of living; very por; indigent; necessitous.

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

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..

Easiness :: Easiness (n.) The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.

Matter :: Matter (n.) Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble..

Tweak :: Tweak (n.) Trouble; distress; tweag.

Distress :: Distress (n.) To seize for debt; to distrain.

Cry :: Cry (v. i.) To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child..

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