distress
US /dɪˈstrɛs/
・UK /dɪ'stres/
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n. (u.)Uncountable NounState of great sadness, anxiety or pain
He was in great distress when he found out his wife was not coming back
v.t.Transitive VerbTo cause someone anxiety or sadness
Many people in the town were in distress after the big fire
n. (u.)Uncountable NounCondition of danger or emergency
Melissa was in distress as a bank robber's prisoner
n. (u.)Uncountable NounState of lacking money and basic needs
This poor person is in distress, with no place to sleep
v.t.Transitive VerbTo be in financial trouble
In his distress over money he sold his car
n. (u.)Uncountable NounCondition of physical illness, pain or suffering
He has been in distress for a long time due to his sickness
v.t.Transitive VerbTo seize (goods) to satisfy a debt.
The company may distress goods for unpaid debts.
n. (u.)Uncountable NounThe seizure of someone’s property in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed.
The landlord has the right of distress for unpaid rent.
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Families sue Universal Orlando after actor made white-power ‘OK’ gesture posing with girls
- Some of the injuries listed in the lawsuit include battery of unwanted touching, mental anguish, emotional distress, and
Some of the injuries listed in the lawsuit include battery of unwanted touching, mental anguish, emotional distress, and
- Some of the injuries listed in the lawsuit include battery of unwanted touching, mental anguish, emotional distress, and humiliation.
Some of the injuries listed in the lawsuit include battery of unwanted touching, mental anguish, emotional distress, and humiliation.
10 Things You Should Eliminate From Your Life
- Instead of letting them fester, address and resolve these matters, take some time for self-reflection and identify any nagging issues still causing you distress.
Instead of letting them fester, address and resolve these matters, take some time for self-reflection and identify any nagging issues still causing you distress.
- Take some time for self-reflection and identify any nagging issues still causing you distress.
Take some time for self-reflection and identify any nagging issues still causing you distress.
What is Art for?
- It's there to remind us with dignity that every good life has extraordinary amounts of confusion, suffering, loneliness and distress within it.
It's there to remind us with dignity that every good life has extraordinary amounts of confusion, suffering, loneliness and distress within it.
- of confusion, suffering, loneliness and distress within it.
of confusion, suffering, loneliness and distress within it.
How I Tricked My Brain Into Stopping Cravings
- The opposite of this is pain, sadness and distress.
The opposite of this is pain, sadness and distress.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters
- and whom meeting him in the street that day and seeing that he looked a little, just a little down, you know, said Bob, inquired what had happened to distress him.
and whom meeting him in the street that day and seeing that he looked a little, just a little down, you know, said Bob, inquired what had happened to distress him.
- a little down you know,” said Bob, inquired what had happened to distress him.
a little down you know,” said Bob, inquired what had happened to distress him.
Marcus Aurelius - How to Stop Worrying
- It would take an idiot to feel self-importance, or distress, or any indignation either, as if the things that irritate us lasted." Everything is impermanent.
It would take an idiot to feel self-importance, or distress, or any indignation either, as if the things that irritate us lasted." Everything is impermanent.
- It would take an idiot to feel self-importance or distress, or any indignation either, as if the things that irritate us lasted.
It would take an idiot to feel self-importance or distress, or any indignation either, as if the things that irritate us lasted.
Top 10 Biggest Albums of the 2020s So Far
- Her follow-up, S.O.S., is far from a distress signal.
Her follow-up, S.O.S., is far from a distress signal.
- Her follow-up, SOS, is far from a distress signal.
Her follow-up, SOS, is far from a distress signal.
Top 10 Theories About The Fantastic Four: First Steps
- Jaws dropped around the world when Thunderbolts ended with a rogue spacecraft sending the New Avengers a distress signal.
Jaws dropped around the world when Thunderbolts ended with a rogue spacecraft sending the New Avengers a distress signal.
- Jaws dropped around the world when Thunderbolts ended with a rogue spacecraft sending the New Avengers a distress signal.
Jaws dropped around the world when Thunderbolts ended with a rogue spacecraft sending the New Avengers a distress signal.
I used a flip phone for 30 days
- But I realized that it was causing me a lot of distress.
But I realized that it was causing me a lot of distress.
- It was a slow trickle, but I realized that it was causing me a lot of distress.
It was a slow trickle, but I realized that it was causing me a lot of distress.
POV: You Stop Letting Emotions Control You
- Your brain learns new associations when you act opposite to urges rooted in distress.
Your brain learns new associations when you act opposite to urges rooted in distress.
- Your brain learns new associations when you act opposite to urges rooted in distress.
Your brain learns new associations when you act opposite to urges rooted in distress.