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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..

Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress.

Starve :: Starve (v. t.) To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender..

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

Pine :: Pine (v. i.) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away..

Stress :: Stress (n.) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained..

Succor :: Succor (v. t.) Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress..

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

Comfortable :: Comfortable (a.) Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person..

Humanity :: Humanity (n.) The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness..

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

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

Hungry :: Hungry (superl.) Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire..

Hard :: Hard (superl.) Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms..

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

Disease :: Disease (v. t.) To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.

Calamity :: Calamity (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.

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..

Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise..

Stress :: Stress (v. t.) To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.

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