distressednessn.
The quality or condition of being distressed; distress.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun]
rueeOE
teeneOE
sorrowOE
gramec1000
sytec1175
ruthc1225
dolea1240
balec1275
sighinga1300
dolour13..
ermingc1300
heartbreakc1330
discomfortc1350
griefa1375
tristourc1380
desolation1382
sichinga1387
tristesse1390
compassiona1400
rueinga1400
smarta1400
displeasure14..
gremec1400
heavity14..
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dolefulnessc1450
wandremec1450
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doleance1490
trista1510
mispleasance1532
pathologiesa1586
balefulness1590
drearing1591
distressedness1592
woenessa1600
desertion1694
ruesomeness1881
schmerz1887
1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 154 For fellowes many in distressednes Is to the greeuance much releasment.
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 380 Those extraordinary fits of distressednesse, with which God is pleased to exercise some of His.
1625 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 133 Compassion to the poverty or distressedness of any.
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