Definition of distress

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Distress (n.) To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.

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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..
Afflicting :: Afflicting (a.) Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flicting*ly, adv..
Pressure :: Pressure (n.) Affliction; distress; grievance.
Anguish :: Anguish (v. t.) To distress with extreme pain or grief.
Indigestible :: Indigestible (a.) Not digestible in the mind; distressful; intolerable; as, an indigestible simile..
Distress :: Distress (n.) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc..
Knight :: Knight (n.) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life..
Forhall :: Forhall (v. t.) To harass; to torment; to distress.
Starve :: Starve (v. t.) To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender..
Affliction :: Affliction (n.) The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels..
Relentless :: Relentless (a.) Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism..
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink..
Support :: Support (v. t.) To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes..
Tweak :: Tweak (n.) Trouble; distress; tweag.
Avowant :: Avowant (n.) The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking..
Howl :: Howl (n.) A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
Labor :: Labor (n.) Any pang or distress.
Distress :: Distress (n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc..
Anxiety :: Anxiety (n.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium..
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