Antonyms 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

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Adversity
   • Pain
   • Trouble
   • Upset

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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

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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

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. eustress

   eustress is the response to a stressor that is channeled into a positive and constructive outcome

   there is a big exam coming up. you study hard and believe in your ability to perform well.

   Submitted by anonymous on October 7, 2019  

How to use distress in a sentence?

1. Paul. F. Meekin:

   All the perplexities, confusion and distress in education these days arises, not from defects in the students,teachers or schools, not from want of equipment or technology, but from the downright ignorance of the nature of honor, virtue and kindness. Sound education... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection of childhood, on unselfish performance of teachers and on accountability and reliability.

2. Peter Wells:

   This caused a great deal of distress to an individual who was simply doing his job and should not be subjected to your foul abuse.

3. Yousef Husseini:

   Several players are in deep distress today as most producers are generating losses at the gross and EBITDA level and balance sheets are in bad shape in some cases, there is an expectation that some plants will have to close in the coming years as the economics just don't make sense.

4. Seth Rosenfeld:

   Unfortunately, if other steelmakers gain in terms of higher prices thanks to consolidation, this may only provide them more headroom to maintain the status quo for years to come, this is an industry that has seen waves of consolidation in times of either extreme distress or empire building. This environment is neither.

5. Dan Sherman:

   Research shows that financial distress is [at least] equal to the fear of dying from the disease, some who are diagnosed with cancer do everything they possibly can, and go through a lot of [financial] resources. Others try to keep their families from becoming destitute.

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