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Meaning of 'distress'
Meaning of 'distress' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Distress 
[ n.]
- Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as,
to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends. [ n.]- That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
- A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.
- 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.
- The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
- To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
- To compel by pain or suffering.
- To seize for debt; to distrain.
Meaning of 'distress' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. distress [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
- a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
Example in sentence:
- a ship in distress;
- she was the classic maiden in distress
Meaning (2):
- the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
- the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
Example in sentence:
- 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
Meaning (3):
- psychological suffering
- psychological suffering
Example in sentence:
- the death of his wife caused him great distress
Meaning (4):
- extreme physical pain
- extreme physical pain
Example in sentence:
- the patient appeared to be in distress
2. distress [ v]
[ v]Meaning (5):
- cause mental pain to
- cause mental pain to
Example in sentence:
- The news of her child's illness distressed the mother
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