SkyfireDict

distress   (TTS Sound)

The noun distress has 4 senses

• distress, hurt, suffering -- (psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress")


• distress -- (a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress")


• distress -- (extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress")


• distress, distraint -- (the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "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")

The verb distress has 2 senses

• straiten, distress -- (bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship)


• distress -- (cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother")