Distress

//dɪˈstɹɛs//

Synonyms for "distress" (451 found)

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Strong matches (135)

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Noun(15 words)

crestfallenness danger dejection despondency difficulty distraint dolefulness downheartedness drearihead extremity forlornness grievance harm's way hazard heartsore

Verb(7 words)

distrain engrieve gnaw grame harass harrow harry

Related words (225)

hex horrify horror hurt hurting impair impecuniosity impecuniousness impoundment impressment inconvenience indigence infect inflame inflict pain infliction injure injury inquietude insolvency

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irk irritate jinx joylessness kill by inches lacerate lament lamentability lamentation lesion levy light purse load load with care malaise maltreat martyr martyrize menace misgiving mistreat molest mortification mourn mournfulness mulct narrow means nasty blow nationalization need nervous strain nervous tension nervousness nip offend oppress oppression ordeal outrage overanxiety pack of troubles painfulness pang pass passion pathos peck of troubles penitence perplex perplexity persecute perturb perturbation pester pierce pinch pins and needles pitiability pitiableness pitifulness pity plague play havoc with play hob with poignancy poison pollute poorness pother prejudice pressure prey prick privation prolong the agony provoke pucker put out put to it put to torture puzzle rankle rasp regrettableness right of angary rigor rub sadden sadness savage scathe schmerz sconce sea of troubles seize sequestration shake sharpness shock slender means socialization solicitude sore sore spot soreness sorrowfulness spasm stab stew sting stomachache strain strait straitened circumstances stress stress of life stroke struggle suspense taint take tender spot tension thorn threaten throes tight squeeze tragedy trial try turmoil tweak twinge twist uncertainty uneasiness unhappiness unprosperousness unquietness unrest upset vex vexation vicissitude violate visitation voluntary poverty vows of poverty waters of bitterness weigh weight woe woebegoneness woefulness worry wound wreak havoc wreak havoc on wrench wretchedness wring wrong zeal

Noun(30 words)

hurt ill-being jeopardy melancholia melancholy menace misery mishappiness pain peril plight prosternation remorse rend risk rue ruth sadness smart sorrow

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suffering threat torture tristfulness trouble undelight vexation woe woefare wrong

Verb(11 words)

martyr patinate plague rend straiten tantalise tantalize torment trouble vex wring

Proper Noun(1 words)

st. bride's

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

17 entries

adversity bother discommode disoblige disturb hard knocks hardship hurting incommode inconvenience pain painfulness put out seizure sensation trouble

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More specific

6 entries

anxiety fear humiliation misery sorrow terror

Synonyms

34 entries

adversity afflict affliction age agony anguish annoy calamity destitution distrain dolor gnawing grief grieve gripe griping

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Related terms

4 entries

distrain district offend vex

derived

16 entries

abuse of distress damsel in distress distress merchandise distress purchase distress sale distress signal distressee distresser distressful distressless infant respiratory distress syndrome moral distress postdistress predistress respiratory distress undistress

distinct from

1 entries

good

has context

1 entries

legal

is a

4 entries

adversity displeasure pain seizure

manner of

2 entries

disturb trouble

related to

21 entries

age anxiety appearance damsel damsel in danger debt discomfort distrain district emotional emotional worry object pain payment property

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Translations

240 translations across 45 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

shqetësoj verb (to cause strain or anxiety)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

στενοχωρία noun ((cause of) discomfort)
συνοχή noun ((cause of) discomfort)
ἀνία noun ((cause of) discomfort)
ἄχος noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Arabic

1 entries

مِحْنَة noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Bulgarian

4 entries

беда noun (serious danger)
бедствие noun (serious danger)
запор noun (law: a seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt)
запорирам verb (to retain someone’s property)

Catalan

3 entries

aflicció noun ((cause of) discomfort)
angoixa noun ((cause of) discomfort)
angúnia noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Central Kurdish

3 entries

بێچارەیی noun ((cause of) discomfort)
دڵ تەنگی noun ((cause of) discomfort)
شڕ noun (serious danger)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

扣押 noun (law: a seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt)
做旧 verb (to treat to make look old)
拖欠 verb (to retain someone’s property)

Danish

2 entries

nødsituation noun (serious danger)
ubehag noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Dutch

4 entries

druk noun ((cause of) discomfort)
stress noun ((cause of) discomfort)
benauwen verb (to cause strain or anxiety)
onder druk zetten verb (to cause strain or anxiety)

Esperanto

2 entries

angoro noun ((cause of) discomfort)
angorigi verb (to cause strain or anxiety)

Finnish

4 entries

ahdinko noun ((cause of) discomfort)
distressi noun (medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress)
hätä noun (serious danger)
merihätä noun (serious danger)

French

3 entries

détresse noun ((cause of) discomfort)
détresse noun (serious danger)
détresse noun (medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress)

German

4 entries

Bedrängnis noun (Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.)
Bedrängnis noun ((cause of) discomfort)
Bekümmernis noun ((cause of) discomfort)
Bekümmerung noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Gothic

3 entries

𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 noun ((cause of) discomfort)
𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃𐌻 noun ((cause of) discomfort)
𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to cause strain or anxiety)

Greek

4 entries

αγωνία noun ((cause of) discomfort)
απελπισία noun ((cause of) discomfort)
κίνδυνος noun (serious danger)
συμφορά noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Hebrew

1 entries

מוּעָקָה noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Hindi

4 entries

आपदा noun (serious danger)
तनाव noun ((cause of) discomfort)
तनाव noun (medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress)
दुख noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Hungarian

4 entries

baj noun (serious danger)
bánat noun ((cause of) discomfort)
bú noun ((cause of) discomfort)
búbánat noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Icelandic

3 entries

stórhætta noun (serious danger)
vá noun (serious danger)
óþægindi noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Indonesian

3 entries

distres noun (serious danger)
distres noun (medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress)
gawat noun (serious danger)

Ingrian

2 entries

hätä noun (serious danger)
vaiva noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Irish

3 entries

angar noun ((cause of) discomfort)
crá noun ((cause of) discomfort)
cráigh verb (to cause strain or anxiety)

Italian

4 entries

angoscia noun ((cause of) discomfort)
difficoltà noun (serious danger)
miseria noun ((cause of) discomfort)
pena noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Japanese

1 entries

不快ストレス noun (medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress)

Latin

2 entries

aerumna noun ((cause of) discomfort)
dēgravō verb (to cause strain or anxiety)

Macedonian

4 entries

бе́да noun ((cause of) discomfort)
бо́лка noun (Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.)
ма́ка noun ((cause of) discomfort)
о́пасност noun (serious danger)

Malay

1 entries

distres noun (law: a seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt)

Māori

4 entries

ahotea noun ((cause of) discomfort)
auhi noun ((cause of) discomfort)
auhitanga noun ((cause of) discomfort)
hūhi noun (Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

mswiɓa noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Norwegian

2 entries

nødsituasjon noun (serious danger)
ubehag noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Old English

1 entries

ābelgan verb (to cause strain or anxiety)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

اضطراب noun (Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.)
قلق noun (Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.)

Polish

4 entries

dystres noun (medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress)
niebezpieczeństwo noun (serious danger)
zagrożenie noun (serious danger)
gnębić verb (to cause strain or anxiety)

Portuguese

4 entries

desconforto noun ((cause of) discomfort)
perigo noun (serious danger)
angustiar verb (to cause strain or anxiety)
desgastar verb (to treat to make look old)

Romanian

4 entries

pericol noun (serious danger)
primejdie noun (serious danger)
suferință noun ((cause of) discomfort)
deranja verb (to cause strain or anxiety)

Russian

4 entries

бе́дствие noun (serious danger)
беда́ noun ((cause of) discomfort)
беда́ noun (serious danger)
го́ре noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Sanskrit

4 entries

आपद् noun ((cause of) discomfort)
क्लेश noun ((cause of) discomfort)
दुःख noun ((cause of) discomfort)
शोक noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

airc noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

distres noun ((cause of) discomfort)
muka noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Spanish

4 entries

aflicción noun ((cause of) discomfort)
amenaza noun (serious danger)
angustia noun ((cause of) discomfort)
angustia noun (serious danger)

Swahili

1 entries

dhiki noun ((cause of) discomfort)

Swedish

4 entries

bekymmer noun ((cause of) discomfort)
ledsamhet noun ((cause of) discomfort)
nödläge noun (serious danger)
nödsituation noun (serious danger)

Tocharian B

1 entries

ñyātse noun (serious danger)

Turkish

4 entries

bun noun (Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.)
bun noun ((cause of) discomfort)
cendere noun ((cause of) discomfort)
kaygı noun (Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.)

Ukrainian

4 entries

горе noun ((cause of) discomfort)
загроза noun (serious danger)
лихо noun ((cause of) discomfort)
небезпека noun (serious danger)

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Famine caused great distress among the people.

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Many people were plunged into distress by the news.

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The ship's captain ordered the radio operator to send a distress signal.

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Her death was a great distress to all the family.

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Distress

Synonyms for "distress" (451 found)

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Finnish

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Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

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Ingrian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Latin

Macedonian

Malay

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Norwegian

Old English

Ottoman Turkish

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Sanskrit

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Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swahili

Swedish

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Turkish

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