distress /dis-tresˈ/

1. Extreme pain or suffering, esp mental or emotional
2. That which causes suffering
3. Calamity
4. Misfortune
5. Acute poverty
6. Exhaustion
7. Peril
8. Difficulty
9. Compulsion (archaic)
10. Act of distraining goods (law)
11. The goods seized
12. (in a structure) a sign of weakness arising from stress

1. To afflict with (esp mental or emotional) pain or suffering
2. To harass
3. To grieve
4. To reduce financially, impoverish
5. To impart an antique appearance to (furniture, leather, etc), age artificially, by knocking, scraping, etc
6. To distrain (law)

distressedˈ adjective

1. Suffering mentally or physically
2. Impoverished
3. (of furniture, leather, denim, etc) artificially aged

distressˈer noun

distressˈful adjective

distressˈfully adverb

distressˈfulness noun

distressˈing adjective

distressˈingly adverb

distressed area noun

A region of unusually severe unemployment

• insociability
• insociable
• insofar
• in so far as
• insofar as
• insolate
• insolated
• insolates
• insolating
• insolation
• insolations
• insole
• insolence
• insolences
• insolent
• insolently
• insoles
• insolidities
• insolidity
• insolubilise
• insolubilised
• insolubilises
• insolubilising
• insolubilities
• insolubility