- distress, hurt, suffering - psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
--1 is a kind of pain, painfulness
--1 has particulars:anguish, torment, torture; self-torture, self-torment; tsoris; wound Derived form: verb distress1 - distress - a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
--2 is a kind of adversity, hardship, hard knocks
--2 has particulars: anguish; pressure; throe- distress - extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
--3 is a kind of pain, hurting
- distress, distraint - the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landloard's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
--4 is a kind of seizure
- distress - extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
- distress - cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
--1 is one way to disturb, upset, trouble
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun distress1
The bad news will distress him