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Meaning of distress


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  distress
      n 1: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him
           great distress" [syn: {distress}, {hurt}, {suffering}]
      2: a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship
         in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
      3: extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in
         distress"
      4: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment
         of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress
         was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or
         property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's
         lien" [syn: {distress}, {distraint}]
      v 1: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial
           hardship [syn: {straiten}, {distress}]
      2: cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness
         distressed the mother"


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