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 Definitions of Distress  [ɪˈstrɛs]  

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Definition of 'Distress' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) distress
acute anxiety, pain, or sorrow.

2.  distress
anything that causes anxiety, pain, or sorrow.

3.  distress
a state of extreme necessity, trouble, or misfortune.

4.  distress
the state of a ship or airplane requiring immediate assistance, as when on fire in transit.

5.  distress
the legal seizure and detention of another's goods as security for debt, etc.; a distraint.

6. (v.t.) distress
to afflict with pain, anxiety, or sorrow; trouble; worry.

7.  distress
to subject to pressure or strain:
to be distressed by excessive work.

8.  distress
to compel by pain or force of circumstances.

9.  distress
to scratch or stain (furniture, wood, etc.) so as to give an appearance of age.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME destresse < AF distresse, destresse, OF &indirdesc; L district(us) (see district ))

Definition of 'Distress' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) distress, hurt, suffering
psychological suffering
"the death of his wife caused him great distress"

2. (noun) distress
a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
"a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"

3. (noun) distress
extreme physical pain
"the patient appeared to be in distress"

4. (verb) distress, distraint
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"

5. (verb) straiten, distress
bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

6. (verb) distress
cause mental pain to
"The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"


Definition of 'Distress' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) distress
anxiety or worry
The newspaper apologized for causing distress to its readers.; a confused old woman in distress

2.  distress
trouble or danger
distress signals; a ship in distress

3. (verb) distress
≠ comfort
We didn't tell her because we didn't want to distress her.


Definition of 'Distress' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Distress
extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends

2. (noun) Distress
that which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery

3. (noun) Distress
a state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc

4. (noun) Distress
the act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc

5. (noun) Distress
the thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction

6. (noun) Distress
to cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable

7. (noun) Distress
to compel by pain or suffering

8. (noun) Distress
to seize for debt; to distrain


Translation of 'Distress' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: great sorrow, trouble or pain
She was in great distress over his disappearance; Is your leg causing you any distress?; The loss of all their money left the family in acute distress.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: droefheid, nood, ellende, Arabic flag Arabic: كَرَب، حُزْن، غَم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: беда
Brazilian flag Brazilian: sofrimento Czech flag Czech: úzkost; bolest; bída German flag German: die Qual
Danish flag Danish: sorg; bekymring; smerte; Greek flag Greek: θλίψη, πόνος, οδύνη Spanish flag Spanish: aflicción
Estonian flag Estonian: ahastus, häda Farsi flag Farsi: درماندگی؛ رنج Finnish flag Finnish: kärsimys
French flag French: détresse Hebrew flag Hebrew: צָעַר, סֶבֶל, כְּאֵב Hindi flag Hindi: दु:ख, व्यथा
Croatian flag Croatian: jad, nevolja Hungarian flag Hungarian: gyötrelem, aggodalom Indonesian flag Indonesian: sedih
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kvöl, þjáning, neyð Italian flag Italian: angoscia Japanese flag Japanese: 悩み
Korean flag Korean: 고통 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sielvartas,širdgėla Latvian flag Latvian: bēdas; ciešanas; posts
Malay flag Malay: kedukaan Dutch flag Dutch: leed, pijn Norwegian flag Norwegian: fortvilelse, bedrøvelse,
Polish flag Polish: zmartwienie, cierpienie Persian flag Persian: درماندگی؛ رنج Pashto flag Pashto: غم، زړتنګى، لاس تنګى، نيس
Portuguese flag Portuguese: sofrimento Romanian flag Romanian: suferinţă Russian flag Russian: огорчение; горе
Slovak flag Slovak: starosť; ťažkosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: velikažalost; stiska Serbian flag Serbian: neprilika
Swedish flag Swedish: bedrövelse, smärta, trång Thai flag Thai: ความเศร้าโศก; ความยุ่งยาก Turkish flag Turkish: acı, ıstırap
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 悲痛 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: горе, страждання Urdu flag Urdu: سخت اذیت ، غم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nỗi đau buồn Chinese flag Chinese: 悲痛

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