ALL meanings of distress
dis·tress
D d - noun distress great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble. 1
- noun distress a state of extreme necessity or misfortune. 1
- noun distress the state of a ship or airplane requiring immediate assistance, as when on fire in transit. 1
- noun distress that which causes pain, suffering, trouble, danger, etc. 1
- noun distress liability or exposure to pain, suffering, trouble, etc.; danger: a damsel in distress. 1
- noun distress Law. the legal seizure and detention of the goods of another as security or satisfaction for debt, etc.; the act of distraining. the thing seized in distraining. 1
- noun distress to dent, scratch, or stain (furniture, lumber, or the like) so as to give an appearance of age. 1
- adjective distress afflicted with or suffering distress: distress livestock; distress wheat. 1
- adjective distress caused by or indicative of distress or hardship: distress prices; distress borrowing. 1
- verb with object distress to afflict with great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; trouble; worry; bother. 1
- verb with object distress to subject to pressure, stress, or strain; embarrass or exhaust by strain: to be distressed by excessive work. 1
- verb with object distress to compel by pain or force of circumstances: His suffering distressed him into committing suicide. 1
- noun distress Cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain. 1
- noun distress mental pain 1
- noun distress emergency, need for help 1
- transitive verb distress upset, cause to suffer 1
- noun distress medical: malfunction 1
- transitive verb distress artificially wear or age: furniture 1
- uncountable noun distress Distress is a state of extreme sorrow, suffering, or pain. 0
- uncountable noun distress Distress is the state of being in extreme danger and needing urgent help. 0
- verb distress If someone or something distresses you, they cause you to be upset or worried. 0
- verb distress to cause mental pain to; upset badly 0
- verb distress to subject to financial or other trouble 0
- verb distress to damage (esp furniture), as by scratching or denting it, in order to make it appear older than it is 0
- verb distress to compel 0
- noun distress mental pain; anguish 0
- noun distress the act of distressing or the state of being distressed 0
- noun distress physical or financial trouble 0
- noun distress the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of or in satisfaction of a debt, claim, etc; distraint 0
- noun distress the property thus seized 0
- noun distress (as modifier) 0
- verb transitive distress to cause sorrow, misery, or suffering to; pain 0
- verb transitive distress to cause discomfort to; trouble 0
- verb transitive distress to exhaust or weaken with strain of any sort 0
- verb transitive distress to constrain (to do something) 0
- verb transitive distress to distrain 0
- noun distress the state of being distressed; pain, suffering, discomfort, etc. 0
- noun distress anything that distresses; affliction 0
- noun distress a state of danger or trouble; bad straits 0
- abbreviation DISTRESS distraint 0
- noun distress the property distrained 0
- noun distress (Cause of) discomfort. 0
- noun distress Serious danger. 0
- noun distress (law) A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt. 0
- noun distress (law) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction. 0
- verb distress To cause strain or anxiety to someone. 0
- verb distress (law) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain. 0
- verb distress To treat an object, such as an antique, to give it an appearance of age. 0