Definition of distress

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

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Pain :: Pain (n.) Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart..
Ache :: Ache (v. i.) To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed..
Strait :: Strait (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.
Discomfort :: Discomfort (v. t.) Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow..
Tweak :: Tweak (n.) Trouble; distress; tweag.
Endurance :: Endurance (n.) The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience..
Thirsty :: Thirsty (n.) Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire..
Strait-handed :: Straiten (v. t.) To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances..
Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
Misery :: Misery (n.) Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
Moan :: Moan (v. t.) To afflict; to distress.
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..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. i.) To levy a distress.
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..
Evil :: Evil (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days..
Distress :: Distress (n.) To seize for debt; to distrain.
Roar :: Roar (v. i.) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger..
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..
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