Synonyms for distress
dɪˈstrɛsdis·tress

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1. distress

   Grief is acute mental pain resulting from loss, misfortune, or deep disappointment. Grief is more acute and less enduring than sorrow. Sorrow and grief are for definite cause; sadness and melancholy may arise from a vague sense of want or loss, from a low state of health, or other ill-defined cause; sadness may be momentary; melancholy is more enduring, and may become chronic. Affliction expresses a deep heart-sorrow and is applied also to the misfortune producing such sorrow; mourning most frequently denotes sorrow publicly expressed, or the public expression of such sorrow as may reasonably be expected; as, it is common to observe thirty days of mourning on the death of an officer of state.

   See synonyms for HAPPINESS.

   Synonyms:
   affliction, grief, melancholy, mourning, regret, sadness, sorrow, tribulation, trouble, wo

   Preposition:
   Grief at a loss; for a friend.

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1. distressverb

   Synonyms:
   harass, embarrass, trouble, grieve, annoy, vex, mortify, pain, disturb, afflict, worry

   Antonyms:
   soothe, compose, please, gratify, gladden, console, elate, comfort

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1. distress, hurt, sufferingnoun

   psychological suffering

   "the death of his wife caused him great distress"

   Synonyms:
   hurt, injury, detriment, harm, excruciation, damage, distraint, suffering, trauma, agony, scathe, woe

2. distressnoun

   a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)

   "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"

   Synonyms:
   suffering, distraint, hurt

3. distressnoun

   extreme physical pain

   "the patient appeared to be in distress"

   Synonyms:
   suffering, distraint, hurt

4. distress, distraintverb

   the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

   "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"

   Synonyms:
   suffering, distraint, hurt

5. straiten, distressverb

   bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

   Synonyms:
   straiten

6. distressverb

   cause mental pain to

   "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"

   Synonyms:
   straiten

Matched Categories

1. • Adversity
   • Pain
   • Trouble
   • Upset

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1. distressnoun

   Synonyms:
   affliction, calamity, misery, misfortune, adversity, hardship, trial, trouble, perplexity

2. distressnoun

   Synonyms:
   anguish, agony, pain, suffering, gripe, griping

3. distressnoun

   Synonyms:
   privation, destitution, poverty, indigence, want, straits

4. distressverb

   Synonyms:
   afflict, perplex, pain, trouble, grieve, make unhappy, make miserable

5. distressverb

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) take, seize, distrain

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1. distressnoun

   Synonyms:
   anguish, agony, torture, sorrow, grief, misery, affliction, adversity, disaster, calamity, misfortune, straits, poverty, destitution, indigence

2. distressverb

   Synonyms:
   pain, grieve, afflict, wound, distrain

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1. List of paraphrases for "distress":

   anguish, plight, suffering, distressed, hardship, misery, despair, helplessness, pain, dismay, danger, desperation, anxiety, beacon, agony, sorrow, grief, difficulty

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1. Matthew Smith:

   The boat should arrive in Malaysian waters in the next week, assuming it doesn't come under distress or make landfall in Thailand, this is a tremendously dangerous journey.

2. John Draper:

   When a person reaches that line, the first thing that a counselor does is listen to them and help them feel understood. We're all humans…and since we were born, and we're in distress, the first thing we're looking for is comfort — human comfort — and that's the first thing that people receive when they contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

3. Donica Thomas Varner:

   RACIAL DISPUTE AT BELOVED BAKERY ROILS LIBERAL COLLEGE TOWN The jury also found that the college( not Meredith Raimondo) was guilty of intentional infliction of emotional distress for David Gibson, David Gibson, as well as libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress onhis son. Donica Thomas Varner, the colleges general counsel, said Donica Thomas Varner was disappointed with the verdict and denied the college had defamedthe bakery or its owners. Neither Oberlin College nor Dean Meredith Raimondo defamed a local business or Oberlin College owners, and they never endorsed statements made by others, rather, the college and Dr. Raimondo worked to ensure that students freedom of speech was protected and that the student demonstrations were safe and lawful, and they attempted to help the plaintiffs repair any harm caused by the student protests. AS OBERLIN ACTIVISM FLARED, STUDENTS PUSHED TO BANISH GRADES BELOW C According to one ofthe bakerys attorneys, the verdict sendsa clear message to other educational institutions. I think part of what we did here today is answer the question as to, What are we going to tolerate in our society ?

4. Cristina Baker:

   I had already given my life to Jesus. I got off the drugs and all of that. But here I was getting ready for surgery. I couldn’t stop crying. All I kept thinking was, ‘God, why me?’ I think we all reach that point in our lives where we wonder why certain things are happening to us… But we’ve got to find a sense of purpose even when we’re going through those tough times. I just remember saying, ‘God, I know you’re going to make this work for my good at some point, even if I don’t understand it, even if I don’t see it. It will work out for the good.' Even during those moments of distress, I put my trust in God.

5. Joe Wright:

   I was particularly keen to make sure Tiger Lily wasn't a damsel in distress, tiger Lily is the bad-ass warrior who is far more pro-active physically in defeating (evil pirate) Blackbeard than any of the boys. She has all the action sequences.