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distress::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hurt, suffering |
| Type of | painfulness, pain |
| Has types | torture, wound, self-torture, self-torment, tsoris, anguish, torment |
the death of his wife caused him great distress.
distress::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | straiten |
| Type of | discommode, bother, trouble, put out, inconvenience, incommode, disoblige |
Examples of distress
distress
Broschay said Smith hadn't worked since June 2008 because of emotional distress.
From the freep.com
Americans historically have come back strong from periods of financial distress.
From the omaha.com
The price in unemployment and distress in the housing market would be too great.
From the economist.com
Windy, a young lab, was a pup in distress and thankfully, Ronan knew what to do.
From the dailyherald.com
This is the sort of inconsistency of information that is causing great distress.
From the scoop.co.nz
We were rudely shaken from these rosy dreams by a distress signal from the bike.
From the theatlantic.com
One tenth of U.S. families who own a home are in financial distress, Obama said.
From the bloomberg.com
The dispatcher at Lake Powell who heard his June distress call knew immediately.
From the sltrib.com
Mantello sees no benefit to raising fees, despite the state's economic distress.
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- Psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
- Straiten: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- A state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
- Cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
- Extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
- The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "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"
- Distraint or distress is "the seizure of someoneu2019s property in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed", especially in common law countries...
- In medicine, distress is an aversive state in which an animal is unable to adapt completely to stressors and their resulting stress and shows maladaptive behaviors. It can be evident in the presence of various phenomena, such as inappropriate social interaction (e.g. ...
- Distress is a 1995 science fiction novel by Australian writer Greg Egan.
