DISTRESS
/dɪˈstɹɛs/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 9
Definition
- verb bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship.
— synonyms: straiten
- verb cause mental pain to.
- noun psychological suffering.
— synonyms: hurt, suffering
- noun a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need).
- noun extreme physical pain.
- noun the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim.
— synonyms: distraint
Examples
- “She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room.”
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