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Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress..

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

Tine :: Tine (n.) Trouble; distress; teen.

Afflictive :: Afflictive (a.) Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.

Familiarize :: Familiarize (v. t.) To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress..

Dreary :: Dreary (superl.) Sorrowful; distressful.

Distressing :: Distressing (a.) Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.

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

Harrow :: Harrow (n.) To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex..

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

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

Pressure :: Pressure (n.) Affliction; distress; grievance.

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

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

Pain :: Pain (n.) Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish.

Commiseration :: Commiseration (n.) The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion..

Stress :: Stress (n.) Distress.

Replevin :: Replevin (n.) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention..

Yaup :: Yaup (n.) A cry of distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain..

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

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