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distressnoun a state of great suffering of body or mindthe upcoming bar exam is causing us considerable distress the survivors were in extreme distress after having been stranded on the island for a week with no food affliction, agony, anguish, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, strait(s), torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe discomfortcross, crucible, trialheartache, heartbreak, joylessness, sadness, sorrow, unhappinessemergency, pinchasperity, difficulty, hardship, rigorache, pang, smarting, soreness, stitch, throe, twingedanger, jeopardy, trouble comfort, consolation, solacealleviation, assuagement, ease, reliefpeace, securitywell-being the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evila ship in distress danger, endangerment, harm's way, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, trouble exposure, liability, openness, vulnerabilityprecariousness, threatsusceptibility, susceptiblenessdefenselessness, helplessness, weakness safeness, safety, secureness, security preservation, salvationdefense, protectionexemption, immunity, impunity, inviolability, invulnerability to trouble the mind of; to make uneasydon't let all the bad news distress you agitate, ail, alarm(also alarum), bother, concern, derail, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distemper, distract, disturb, exercise, flurry, frazzle, freak (out), fuss, hagride, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, weird out, worry aggravate, anger, annoy, bug, chafe, chivy(or chivvy), exasperate, fret, gall, get, grate, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put off, put out, rile, vexbedevil, haunt, plagueabash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, jar, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shake updaunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, unnerve calm, compose, quiet, settle, soothe, tranquilize(also tranquillize) allay, alleviate, assuageappease, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate n.distress, suffering, misery, agony mean the state of being in great trouble.distress implies an external and usually temporary cause of great physical or mental strain and stress.the hurricane put everyone in great distress suffering implies conscious endurance of pain or distress.the suffering of famine victims misery stresses the unhappiness attending especially sickness, poverty, or loss.the homeless live with misery every day agony suggests pain too intense to be borne.in agony over the death of their child in the 13th century |