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distress Noun 1. extreme unhappiness or worry 2. great physical pain 3. financial trouble Verb 1. to upset badly 2. in distress in dire need of help [Latin districtus divided in mind] distressing adj
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distress verb 1. upset, worry, trouble, pain, wound, bother, disturb, dismay, grieve, torment, harass, afflict, harrow, agitate, sadden, perplex, disconcert, agonize, fluster, perturb, faze, throw (someone) off balance noun 2. suffering, pain, worry, anxiety, torture, grief, misery, agony, sadness, discomfort, torment, sorrow, woe, anguish, heartache, affliction, desolation, wretchedness noun 3. need, suffering, trouble, trial, difficulties, poverty, misery, hard times, hardship, straits, misfortune, adversity, calamity, affliction, privation, destitution, ill-fortune, ill-luck, indigence Translationsin distress [ship etc] → en peligro vt → affliger; distressed area (Brit) → zone sinistrée in distress (ship) → in Seenot; (person) → verzweifelt; distressed area (Brit) → Notstandsgebiet nt vt → affliggere; in distress [ship etc] → in pericolo, in difficoltà; distressed area (BRIT) → zona sinistrata |
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| For think, lest any languish By cause of thy distress The arrows of our anguish Fly farther than we guess. "O Hercules, help me in this my hour of distress," quoth he. In a few years the national distress was so great that the Farmer, the Artisan, and the Labourer petitioned the King to reorganize the standing army. |
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