Definition of distress

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Distress (n.) To compel by pain or suffering.

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Aggrandize :: Aggrandize (v. t.) To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress..
Roar :: Roar (n.) The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like..
Painful :: Painful (a.) Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing..
Cardialgy :: Cardialgy (n.) A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion..
Severe :: Severe (superl.) Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold..
Supplicator :: Supplication (n.) A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods..
Tweak :: Tweak (n.) Trouble; distress; tweag.
Calamity :: Calamity (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
Needful :: Needful (a.) Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.
Distressing :: Distressing (a.) Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.
Strait :: Strait (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.
Creep :: Creep (n.) A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. i.) To levy a distress.
Strait-handed :: Straiten (v. t.) To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances..
Darkness :: Darkness (n.) A state of distress or trouble.
Remorseless :: Remorseless (a.) Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless..
Help :: Help (v. t.) Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the person or thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help of fifty dollars..
Needy :: Needy (superl.) Distressed by want of the means of living; very por; indigent; necessitous.
Affliction :: Affliction (n.) The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief..
Distress :: Distress (n.) Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends..
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