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distress
Found in thesaurus: painfulness, pain, adversity, hard knocks, hardship, hurting, seizure, trouble, upset, disturb
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distress
n.
extreme danger; trouble, hardship
v.
upset, sadden, trouble, grieve; make a piece of furniture appear old, antique (by denting, scratching, painting, etc.)
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Distress
Distress may refer to:
- Distress (medicine), occurring when an individual cannot adapt to stress
- Stress (psychological)
- Suffering
- Distress signal, an internationally recognized means for obtaining help
- Distressed inventory, an inventory of goods or materials whose potential to be sold at a normal cost has passed or will soon pass.
- Distressing, making clothing, shoes and household objects look old
- Distress, or distraint, the act of seizing goods to compel payment
- Distress (novel) a novel by Greg Egan
- Distress (film), a 1946 French film
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distress
Noun
1. psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
(synonym) hurt, suffering
(hypernym) pain, painfulness
(hyponym) anguish, torment, torture
2. a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
(hypernym) adversity, hardship, hard knocks
(hyponym) anguish
3. extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
(hypernym) pain, hurting
4. the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landloard's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
(synonym) distraint
(hypernym) seizure
Verb
1. cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
(hypernym) disturb, upset, trouble
(hyponym) besiege
(derivation) hurt, suffering
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distress
n.
zármutek; strádání; tíseň; ohrožení
v.
trápit; rozrušit
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distress
Rzecz.
rozpacz; zagrożenie; niebezpieczeństwo
Czas.
martwić; unieszczęśliwiać; doprowadzać do rozpaczy
