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v. To cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to. See Synonyms at trouble.

v. Law To hold the property of (a person) against the payment of debts.

v. To mar or otherwise treat (an object or fabric, for example) to give the appearance of an antique or of heavy prior use: "There are the fakes—new rugs which have been intentionally distressed for an older look” ( Hatfield MA Valley Advocate).

v. Archaic To constrain or overcome by harassment.

n. Anxiety or mental suffering.

n. Severe strain resulting from exhaustion or an accident.

n. Acute physical discomfort.

n. Physical deterioration, as of a highway, caused by hard use over time: pavement distress.

n. The condition of being in need of immediate assistance: a motorist in distress.

n. Law The act of distraining or seizing to compel payment.

n. Law The goods thus seized.

n. discomfort.

n. Serious danger.

n. A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.

v. To cause strain or anxiety to someone.

v. To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.

v. To treat an object, such as an antique, to give it an appearance of age.

n. Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind.

n. That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.

n. A state of danger or necessity

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n. 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.

n. The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

v. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.

v. To compel by pain or suffering.

v. To seize for debt; to distrain.

To constrain or compel by pain, suffering, or force of circumstances.

To afflict with pain, physical or mental; oppress or crush with suffering, misfortune, or calamity; make miserable.

In law, to seize for debt; distrain. See distrain, 6.

n. Constraint; restraint; forcible control; oppression.

n. Compulsion; requirement.

n. Pain or suffering of body or mind; great pain, anxiety, or grief.

n. In general, a state of suffering or trouble; calamity; adversity; affliction; misery arising from want or misfortune.

n. In law : The act of distraining. See distrain, 6.

n. The common-law remedy by distraining.

n. The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

n. In old Scots law, a pledge taken by the sheriff from those who came to fairs or markets for their good behavior, which at their close was delivered back if no harm had been done.

n. Synonyms Grief, Sorrow, etc. See affliction.

n. Hardship, straits, perplexity.

n. extreme physical pain

v. cause mental pain to

v. bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

n. psychological suffering

n. the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

n. a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)

"But had he put the thing thus plainly, the fact itself would have been doubted; that _the sight of our friends in distress raises in us greater fear for ourselves than the sight of others in distress_."

comfort    enjoyment    relief    relieve   

distressed    distresses    distressing   

hurting    pain    incommode    trouble    discommode    bother    inconvenience    put out    disoblige    seizure   

abuse of distress    infinite distress    flag of distress    distress sale    distress warrant    signal of distress    double distress   

distrain    district   

sorrow    suffering    calamity    pain    adversity    anguish    agony    grief    trouble    misfortune   

Bess    Es    Etess    Fs    Hess    Hesse    Ins    Jess    Les    Ness   

misery    pain    despair    trouble    alarm    confusion    disgust    suffer    embarrassment    evil