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Discomfort :: Discomfort (v. t.) Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow..

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

Deep :: Deep (superl.) Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror..

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.

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..

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another..

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

Strait :: Strait (a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits..

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

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

Pain :: Pain (n.) To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as a child's faults pain his parents.

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

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

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..

Exigency :: Exigency (n.) The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency..

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

Avowant :: Avowant (n.) The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking..

Affliction :: Affliction (n.) The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief..

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant..

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

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