DISTRESS
\dɪstɹˈɛs], \dɪstɹˈɛs], \d_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈɛ_s]\
Definitions of DISTRESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
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a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
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cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
By Princeton University
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extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
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a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
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A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.
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The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.
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The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
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To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
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To compel by pain or suffering.
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To seize for debt; to distrain.
By Oddity Software
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That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
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A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.
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The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.
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The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
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To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
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To compel by pain or suffering.
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To seize for debt; to distrain.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Distressful.
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To cause to suffer; afflict; grieve; agitate.
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Acute or extreme suffering; pain; trouble.
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Distraint.
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Distressly.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Extreme pain: that which causes suffering: calamity: misfortune: a state of danger: act of distraining goods.
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To afflict with pain or suffering: to harass: to grieve: to distrain.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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