distress

Synonyms

• straitenbring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship ; squeeze together

• "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"

• "the death of his wife caused him great distress"

Synonyms

• hurtsuffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; damaged; any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. ; psychological suffering; feelings of mental or physical pain ; a damage or loss ; the act of damaging something or someone ; be the source of pain ; give trouble or pain to; cause emotional anguish or make miserable; cause damage or affect negatively; hurt the feelings of; feel physical pain; feel pain or be in pain
• sufferingtroubled by pain or loss; very unhappy; a state of acute pain ; misery resulting from affliction ; psychological suffering; feelings of mental or physical pain

• "a ship in distress"
• "she was the classic maiden in distress"

• "the patient appeared to be in distress"

• "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"

Synonyms

• distraintthe seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim