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Distress Meaning in French |
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angoisse
, misère
, douleur
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Distress
- (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.
- (n.) To compel by pain or suffering.
- (n.) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
- (n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.
- (n.) To seize for debt; to distrain.
- (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.
Synonyms:
Distraint, Hurt, Suffering,
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• Distressful
- (a.) Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation.
Synonyms:
Distressing, Disturbing, Troubling, Worrisome, Worrying,
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• Distressed
- (imp. & p. p.) of Distress
Synonyms:
Disquieted, Disturbed, Unhappy, Upset, Worried,
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