| Definitions of 'distress' |
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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"
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| Definitions of 'distress' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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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
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