| NOUN | feeling | distress, hurt, suffering | psychological suffering |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | distress | a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) | |
| state | distress | extreme / extreme physical pain | |
| act | distress, distraint | the seizure and holding of property as security / security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim | |
| VERB | social | distress, straiten | bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship |
| emotion | distress | cause mental pain to |
| Sounds | dihstreh's | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ABS ... yes: 78 rhymes with ehs... | |
| Meaning | psychological suffering. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the death of his wife caused him great distress" | |
| Synonyms | hurt, suffering | |
| Narrower | anguish, torment, torture | extreme / extreme mental distress |
| self-torture, self-torment | self-imposed distress / distress | |
| tsoris | (Yiddish) trouble and suffering | |
| wound | A figurative injury (to your feelings or pride) | |
| Broader | pain, painfulness | emotional distress |
| Spanish | sufrimiento | |
| Catalan | sofriment | |
| Verbs | distress | cause mental pain to |
| Meaning | A state of adversity (danger or affliction or need). | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | anguish | extreme / extreme distress / distress of body or mind |
| pressure | An oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress | |
| throe | Hard or painful trouble or struggle | |
| Broader | adversity, hardship, hard knocks | A state of misfortune or affliction |
| Spanish | aflicción, desgracia, dolor, peligro, pena, pesar, problema | |
| Catalan | aflicció, desgràcia, dolor, pena | |
| Meaning | extreme / extreme physical pain. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the patient appeared to be in distress" | |
| Broader | pain, hurting | A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder |
| Meaning | The seizure and holding of property as security / security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien" | |
| Synonym | distraint | |
| Broader | seizure | The taking possession of something by legal process |
| Spanish | embargo | |
| Catalan | embargament | |
| Meaning | Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | straiten | |
| Broader | trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother | To cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
| Meaning | Cause mental pain to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will distress him | |
| Example | "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother" | |
| Narrower | besiege | Cause to feel distressed or worried |
| Broader | disturb, upset, trouble | Move deeply |
| Spanish | afligir, apenar | |
| Catalan | afligir, apenar | |
| Nouns | distress | psychological suffering |
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