Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of distress is as below...

Pain :: Pain (n.) Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart..

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty..

Ruth :: Ruth (v.) That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight.

Thirsty :: Thirsty (n.) Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire..

Console :: Console (v. t.) To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.

Affliction :: Affliction (n.) The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief..

Comfortless :: Comfortless (a.) Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless.

Calamitous :: Calamitous (a.) Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy..

Succor :: Succor (v. t.) Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress..

Replevin :: Replevin (n.) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention..

Refuge :: Refuge (n.) That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy..

Dreary :: Dreary (superl.) Sorrowful; distressful.

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels..

Creep :: Creep (n.) A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects..

Anguish :: Anguish (v. t.) To distress with extreme pain or grief.

Sufficed :: Suffering (a.) Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc..

Harrow :: Harrow (n.) To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex..

Taking :: Taking (n.) Agitation; excitement; distress of mind.

Torment :: Torment (v. t.) To pain; to distress; to afflict.

Random Fonts

Most Popular