Distress Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-strĕs
To cause anxious uneasiness in
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. concern
  2. ail
  3. cark
  4. trouble
  5. worry
Physical agony
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. agony
  2. anguish
  3. suffering
  4. affliction
  5. pain
  6. hurt
  7. misery
  8. torture
  9. adversity
  10. calamity
  11. distraint
  12. destitution
  13. torment
  14. disaster
  15. dysphoria
  16. grief
  17. indigence
  18. woe
  19. mayday
  20. ache
  21. wound
  22. misfortune
  23. wretchedness
  24. poverty
  25. psychalgia
  26. sorrow
  27. straits
To cause suffering or painful sorrow to
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. grieve
  2. aggrieve
  3. trouble
  4. hurt
  5. pain
  6. upset
  7. disturb
  8. wound
  9. adversity
  10. afflict
  11. affliction
  12. agonize
  13. anger
  14. anguish
  15. annoy
  16. anxiety
  17. calamity
  18. constrain
  19. straiten
  20. constraint
  21. danger
  22. discomfort
  23. injure
  24. distrain
  25. distraught
  26. dolor
  27. grief
  28. harass
  29. heartbreak
  30. misery
  31. necessity
  32. need
  33. perplex
  34. soreness
  35. sorrow
  36. suffer
  37. suffering
  38. torment
  39. torture
  40. travail
  41. tribulation
  42. woe
  43. worry
Antonyms:
  1. calm
  2. soothe
  3. comfort
  4. assist
  5. help
To cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. trouble

Words Related to Distress

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Distress Sentence Examples

  • Her distress was rising with their tension.

  • Sensing similar distress in the man before her, she sat down.

  • She'll be armed, and I'm leaving her a distress beacon.

  • No, don't distress yourself...

  • Jackson could see her distress, so took the knife from her hand.

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