Distress synonyms
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Pain is any sort of mental or physical suffering or distress.
An instance or cause of such a feeling.
Anxiety is defined as a feeling of being nervous or worried, often as a result of fear of a possible future event.
Vexation is something that causes you to be annoyed or distressed.
Absence of peace or rest; anxiety.
The outward expression of such suffering; mourning; lamentation
crisis (related)
The definition of a crisis is a turning point or a difficult or dark time when disasters are happening or when tough decisions must be made.
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Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
To be in agony or great pain; feel anguish
To inflict wounds or a wound:
miracle (antonym)
A wonderful example
(Uncountable) The emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met.
An ache is defined as a feeling of sadness or of wanting something very badly.
danger (related)
Danger is defined as a possibility that something harmful or unpleasant will happen, or a person or thing that causes harm.
disturb (related)
To trouble emotionally or mentally; upset:
Anything causing pain or distress; calamity
Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment.
An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe.
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The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty.
Poverty is the state of being poor, having little money or being in need of a specific quality.
A cause of such pain or agony
The definition of afflict is to cause great physical or mental pain or agony or to create for someone a curse to bear.
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To become angry:
To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
To cause discomfort to; distress
To seize the property of (a person) in order to compel payment of debts; distress.
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To irritate or torment persistently:
To have need of; require:
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To make intricate or complicated; make confusing or hard to understand
To experience pain, harm, loss, a penalty, etc.
To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish.
To work very hard; toil
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happiness (antonym)
The definition of happiness is the state of joy, peace and tranquility.
pleasure (antonym)
The state or feeling of being pleased or gratified.
comfort (antonym)
A condition or feeling of pleasurable physical ease or relief from pain or stress:
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calm (antonym)
(Intransitive) To become calm.
assist (antonym)
(Sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
help (antonym)
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
To be the cause of pain or distress to; trouble
To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
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The definition of grieve is to feel pain or sadness as a result of a loss, or to cause pain or stress to someone.
To offend (one's feelings, pride, etc.); wound
The definition of angst is a feeling of anxiety or dread.
The state of being anxious.
A disturbed or uneasy condition; restlessness; anxiety
The state or quality of being nervous.
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A feeling of excessive concern.
Distress or discomfort
happy (related)
To cause suffering or painful sorrow to
The act or process of distraining; distress.
(Physiology) The elicitation of a response to a stimulus in a plant or animal organ or tissue, especially in a nerve or muscle.
A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
An instance of this; unlucky accident; mishap; mischance
psychalgia
Psychogenic pain, physical pain of psychological origin
hardship (related)
disturbance (related)
distress-x94 (related)
unhappiness (related)
psychological-stress (related)
aggravation (related)
inconvenience (related)
dis-ease (related)
A measurement in information theory: see Perplexity.
A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.
A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues
Sorrow or grief; mental anguish
The definition of an ordeal is a very severe test, trial or difficult or painful experience.
Lonely grief; misery
Death or decay of living tissue; gangrene.
Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of impropriety, dishonor, or other wrong in the opinion of the person experiencing the feeling. It is caused by awareness of exposure of circumstances of unworthiness or of improper or indecent conduct.
A sudden sharp feeling of emotional distress:
To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
joy (antonym)
A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
ease (antonym)
Ease is defined as comfort, relaxation and freedom from pain, stress or anxiety.
difficulty (related)
Something that is difficult, as a hard problem or an obstacle or objection
bother (related)
To disturb; interrupt
Emotionally touching; evoking pity, sympathy, etc.
Very bad, unpleasant, offensive, inferior, etc.
Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach:
The definition of distressed is damaged, suffering pain or sold below value, or made to look old on purpose.
Conspicuously bad, offensive, or reprehensible:
Causing grief
Inspiring anguish, terror, etc.
The definition of heinous is very evil or horrible.
Having lacerations
That is necessary or essential
Piercing; incisive:
(Law) Instituted without real grounds, chiefly to cause annoyance to the defendant
An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
An emotional state characterized by anxiety, depression, or unease.
The condition of being indigent
An international radiotelephone signal word used by aircraft and ships in distress.
Synonym Study
- Anguish has equal force but is more often applied to acute mental suffering the anguish of despair
- Agony suggests mental or physical torment so excruciating that the body or mind is convulsed with the force of it in mortal agony
- Suffering emphasizes the actual enduring of pain, distress, or tribulation the suffering of the wounded
- 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
Find another word for distress. In this page you can discover 129 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for distress, like: pain, worry, anxiety, vexation, disquiet, sorrow, crisis, calamitous, agonize, wound and miracle.