Another word for distress
distress
n.
Mental agony
worry, anxiety, perplexity, misery, sorrow, wretchedness, pain, suffering, agony, anguish, dejection, irritation, vexation, ache, heartache, dolor, ordeal, desolation, mortification, affliction, discomfort, trouble, woe, torment, torture, shame, embarrassment, disappointment, tribulation, pang; see also anxiety, grief 1.
Physical agony
Misfortune
straits, danger, trouble, adversity; see crisis, danger, difficulty 1, 2, disaster, poverty 1.
distress implies mental or physical strain imposed by pain, trouble, worry, or the like and usually suggests a state or situation that can be relieved distress caused by famine; suffering emphasizes the actual enduring of pain, distress, or tribulation the suffering of the wounded; agony suggests mental or physical torment so excruciating that the body or mind is convulsed with the force of it in mortal agony; anguish has equal force but is more often applied to acute mental suffering the anguish of despair
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Another word for distress
To cause anxious uneasiness in:
ail, cark, concern, trouble, worry. See concernTo cause suffering or painful sorrow to:
aggrieve, grieve, hurt, injure, pain, wound. See happy
A troubled or anxious state of mind:
angst, anxiety, anxiousness, care, concern, disquiet, disquietude, nervousness, solicitude, unease, uneasiness, worry. See feelingsA state of physical or mental suffering:
affliction, agony, anguish, hurt, misery, pain, torment, torture, woe, wound, wretchedness. See happyThe condition of being in need of immediate assistance:
exigence, exigency, hot water, trouble. See help
MLA Style
"distress." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/distress>.
APA Style
distress. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/distress
