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

Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress..

Needful :: Needful (a.) Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.

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

Passion :: Passion (n.) A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross..

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

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..

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

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

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

Tweague :: Tweague (n.) A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.

Woful :: Woful (a.) Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.

Solace :: Solace (v. t.) Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief..

Severity :: Severity (n.) The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter..

Harrow :: Harrow (n.) To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex..

Famish :: Famish (v. t.) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger..

Creep :: Creep (n.) A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects..

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..

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..

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

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