Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of distress is as below...

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..

Random Fonts

Most Popular