Found 3 items, similar to distress.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: distress
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: distress
distress
n 1: psychological suffering;
“the death of his wife caused him
great distress” [syn:
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 landloard's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents
or property damage but now the landlord is given a
landlord's lien” [syn:
distraint]
distress
v : cause mental pain to;
“The news of her child's illness
distressed the mother”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Distress
Distress
\Dis*tress"\, n. [OE. destresse, distresse, OF.
destresse, destrece, F. d['e]tresse, OF. destrecier to
distress, (assumed) LL. districtiare, fr. L. districtus, p.
p. of distringere. See
Distrain, and cf.
Stress.]
1. Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to
suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of
friends.
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Not fearing death nor shrinking for distress.
--Shak.
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2. That which occasions suffering; painful situation;
misfortune; affliction; misery.
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Affliction's sons are brothers in distress. --Burns.
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3. A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress,
from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water,
etc.
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4. (Law)
(a) 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.
(b) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized
to procure satisfaction. --Bouvier. --Kent. --Burrill.
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If he were not paid, he would straight go and
take a distress of goods and cattle. --Spenser.
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The distress thus taken must be proportioned to
the thing distrained for. --Blackstone.
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Abuse of distress. (Law) See under
Abuse.
Syn: Affliction; suffering; pain; agony; misery; torment;
anguish; grief; sorrow; calamity; misfortune; trouble;
adversity. See
Affliction.
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Distress
\Dis*tress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Distressed; p. pr.
& vb. n.
Distressing.] [Cf. OF. destrecier. See
Distress,
n.]
1. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with
calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
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We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.
--2 Cor. iv.
8.
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2. To compel by pain or suffering.
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Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a
sacrifice of duty. --A. Hamilton.
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3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain.
Syn: To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict;
worry; annoy.
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