Distress

/dɪˈstɹɛs/

Synonyms for "distress" (498 found)

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Noun(18 words)

anguish grief hardship trouble afflicted agonies alarm anguishing antiques antiquing bothering burdens calamities cark chagrining chagrinning chagrins churning

abashment abuse acheaches and painsaching adversity afflict affliction aggrieve agitate agitation agonize agony ailall oversall-overs amercement angary angst anguish

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annexation annexure annoy annoyance anxietyanxiety hysteriaanxiety neurosisanxious benchanxious concernanxious seatanxiousness apprehension apprehensiveness attachmentbe the matterbefoul beset bewitch bitebitter cupbitter draftbitter draughtbitter pillbitterness bleakness blight blow botherbroken fortuneburdenburden of careburn calamitycankerworm of carecare catastrophe chafe chagrin cheerlessness chill collectivization comfortlessness commandeering communalization communizationcomplicate mattersconcern

Adjective(4 words)

acute sadnessagitated agonising anguished

Verb(11 words)

afflicting afflicts agonised agonized agonizes ails anguishes appall burdened chagrined chagrinned

Strong matches (149)

concernment condemn confiscation confusion constrain convulse corrupt cramp crosscrown of thornscrucify curse cut damage damages defile deprave depress depression desolation

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despair desperation despoil destroy difficulties difficulty disadvantage disappointment disaster discomfiture discomfort discommode discomposure disconcertion disconcertment discountenance discourage dismalness dismay disquiet disquietude disserve distraint distressfulness disturb disturbancedo a mischiefdo evildo illdo wrongdo wrong bydolor doom dread dreariness embarrass embarrassmenteminent domainencumbrance envenom escheat escheatment excruciate execution exercise exigency expropriation fear fester fine flap foreboding forebodingness forfeit forfeiture frazzle fret frighten gallgall and wormwoodgarnishmentgenteel povertyget into troublegive concerngive paingnaw grate grief grievance grieve grievousness grind gripe harasshard pinchhardship harm harrow harry heartache heartbreak hex horrify horror hurt hurting impair impecuniosity impecuniousness

Noun(26 words)

danger despair desperation devastation difficulty discomforts discomposing dismays distraint disturbing dol dolores doloureconomic troubleemergency signalemotional tearingextremityfinancial troublefrettinggo to pieces

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grieving harrows heartaches heartbreaks hurt hurts

Verb(11 words)

desolated desolating devastate discomforted disquieted disturbed disturbs fretted grieved grieves harrowed

Adjective(3 words)

devastatedemotional distressharrowing

Related words (249)

impoundment impressment inconvenience infect inflameinflict paininfliction injure injury inquietude insolvency irk irritate jinx joylessnesskill by incheslacerate lament lamentability lamentation

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lesion levylight purseloadload with caremalaise maltreat martyr martyrize menace misery misfortune misgiving mistreat molest mortification mourn mournfulness mulctnarrow meansnasty blownationalization neednervous strainnervous tensionnervousness nip offend oppress oppression ordeal outrage overanxietypack of troublespain painfulness pang pass passion pathospeck of troublespenitence perplex perplexity persecute perturb perturbation pester pierce pinchpins and needlespitiability pitiableness pitifulness pity plagueplay havoc withplay hob withpoignancy poison pollute poorness pother poverty prejudice pressure prey prick privationprolong the agonyprovoke puckerput output to itput to torturepuzzle rack rankle rasp regrettablenessright of angaryrigor rub sadden sadness savage scathe schmerz sconcesea of troublessequestration shake sharpness shockslender meanssocialization solicitude soresore spotsorrow sorrowfulness spasm stab stew sting stomachache strain straitstraitened circumstancesstraits stressstress of lifestroke suffering suspense tainttender spottension thorn threaten throestight squeezetorment torture tragedy trial tribulation trouble try turmoil tweak twinge twist uncertainty uneasiness unhappiness unprosperousness unquietness unrest upset vex vexation vicissitude violate visitationvoluntary povertyvows of povertywaters of bitternessweigh weight woe woebegoneness woefulness worry woundwreak havocwreak havoc onwrench wretchedness wring wrong zeal

Adjective(4 words)

indisposed saddeningsteady tearingvexed

Noun(42 words)

jilt kelter maydaymost continuous tearingpain painspeer isolationperturb rend sadness scarring scars smart sos stresses suffering sufferingstear aparttorment tormenting

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torments torture tortures trauma traumata traumatizing troubles tsoris tsuris tumult turmoils unhappiness upset upsets upsettingweigh downwoes worrying wounding wrenches wrenching writhing

Verb(21 words)

lacerated leiden pained paining perturbing racked rends sadden saddened saddens sorrowed straiten straitens stung traumatise traumatize traumatized tribulate unnerved unsettle

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More general

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adversity alert bother discommode disoblige disturbeconomic stateemotional responseemotional statefeelingfinancial conditionhard knockshardship hurting incommode inconvenience

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More specific

16 entries

alarm anxietycash flow problemdebt burdenflare signalfret griefinsolvency riskmayday callradio beaconrevenue shortfallsadnesssos signaltorment trauma upset

Collocations

9 entries

cause distressdistress calldistress signaldistress someonedistress the classemotional distressfinancial distressin distressstate of distress

Inflections

3 entries

distressed distresses distressing

Derivations

5 entries

distressed distresses distressful distressing distressingly

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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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