Words Like DISTRESS
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to DISTRESS.
    
    
    
        
            22 Alternative Words Similar to distress
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        3 examples of distress
           
        
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        to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends
    
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        a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.
    
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        she was the classic maiden in distress
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of distress
           
        
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        Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind.
    
    
    
 
    2
    
        That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
    
    
    
 
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        A state of danger or necessity
    
    
    
 
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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.