1) Afflict 2) Aggrieve 3) Ail 4) Alarm 5) Angst 6) Anguish 7) Depress 8) Dissatisfaction 9) Distraint 10) Grief 11) Horrify 12) Hurt 13) Katzenjammer 14) Lacerate 15) Misfortune 16) Need 17) Offend 18) Pain 19) Poverty 20) Shock 21) Sorrow 22) Suffering 23) Tear at 24) Torture 25) Trouble 26) Tsoris
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1) Affliction 2) Disappoint 3) Disconcert 4) Displease 5) Disturb 6) Extreme anxiety or sorrow 7) French word used in English 8) Grieve 9) Hurt 10) Medical terminology 11) Mental or emotional pain 12) Offend 13) Pain 14) Painfulness 15) Peril 16) Psychological suffering 17) Sadden 18) SOS indication
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- psychological suffering
- a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
- extreme physical pain
- the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
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[medicine] In medicine, distress is an aversive state in which a person is unable to adapt completely to stressors and their resulting stress and shows maladaptive behaviors. It can be evident in the presence of various phenomena, such as inappropriate social interaction (e.g., aggression, passivity, or withdrawal). Stress can be created by...
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• (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. • (n.) To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable. •...
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in law, process that enables a person to seize and detain from a wrongdoer some chattel, or item of personal property, as a pledge for the ...
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Extreme mental or physical pain or suffering.
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A term used to describe a building, or element of a building, which is suffering from a long-term problem.
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1. Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends. 'Not fearing death nor shrinking for distress.' (Shak) ... 2. That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery. 'Affliction's sons are brothers in distress.' (Burns) ... 3. A state of danger or n...
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(dis-tres´) physical or mental anguish or suffering. respiratory distress see adult respiratory distress syndrome and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.
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1) n. The confiscation of another's possessions in an effort to force a claim's payment. Generally, this is illegal without a court order. 2) adj. Negative circumstances that result in the lowest price.
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(Learning Modules / Psychology / Stress) Excessive or damaging stress.
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Dis·tress' noun [ Middle English
destresse ,
distresse , Old French
destresse ,
destrece , French
détresse , Old French
destrecier to distress, (assumed) Late Latin
districtiare , from Latin
districtus , past participle of
distringere...
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Dis·tress' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Distressed ;
present participle & verbal noun Distressing .] [ Confer Old French
destrecier . See
Distress ,
noun ]
1. To cause pain...
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A distress is defined to be the taking of a personal chattel, without legal process, from the possession of the wrong doer, into the hands of the party grieved, as a pledge for the redress of an injury, the performance of a duty, or the satisfaction of a demand. It is a general rule that a man who has an entire duty, shall not split the entire sum ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: dis-tres′ Definitions: 1. Mental or physical suffering or anguish.
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The seizure of another's property in order to obtain payment for money owed.
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In law, distress is the taking of a personal chattel of a wrong-doer or a tenant, in order to obtain satisfaction for the wrong done, or for rent or service due. If the party whose goods are seized disputes the injury, service, duty, or rent, on account of which the distress is taken, he may replevy the things taken, giving bonds to return them or ...
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distress 1. A mental suffering; such as, that caused by grief, anxiety, or unhappiness. 2. Hardship or problems caused by a lack of basic necessities. 3. Physical pain or discomfort. 4. Great danger or difficulty, with a need for immediate assistance. 5. The seizing of someone's movable property either in lieu of payment of a debt or in order t...
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distraint noun 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`...
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Physical manifestation of deterioration and distortion in a concrete structure as the result of stress, chemical action, and/or physical action.
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An unhappy emotion shown by crying.
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a state of being in great need of assistance
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great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble. · a state of extreme necessity or misfortune. · the state of a ship or airplane requiring immediate assistance, as when on fire in transit. · that which causes pain, suffering, trouble, danger, etc. · liability or exposure to pain, suffer...
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[SAT terms] cause mental pain to
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