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Meaning of distress

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

distress

Pronunciation:/dɪˈstɹɛs/

noun

Definitions

  1. (Cause of) discomfort.

  2. Serious danger.

  3. An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.

  4. A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.

verb

Definitions

  1. To cause strain or anxiety to someone.

    Synonyms:anguishharrowmartyrtantalisetantalizetormenttroublevex

  2. To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.

    Synonyms:distrain

  3. To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.

    Example: She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room.

    Synonyms:ageantiquepatinate
Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/distress

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worrytroublesufferinghurtilldistrainttroubledstricken