Word Meaning

distress definition and meaning

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. A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.
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.
n. The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
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. To seize for debt; to distrain.

Crossword clues for distress

- Acute anxiety
- Age (furniture)
- Badly upset
- Desperate need
- Returned I.D. to accentuate unhappiness
- Severe (pain)
- Severe pain
- State of extreme sorrow
- Suffering
- Upset