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distress
noun as in pain, agony
Strong matches
- ache
- affliction
- anguish
- anxiety
- blues
- care
- concern
- cross
- dejection
- desolation
- disappointment
- discomfort
- disquietude
- dolor
- embarrassment
- grief
- headache
- heartache
- heartbreak
- irritation
- malaise
- misery
- mortification
- ordeal
- pang
- perplexity
- sadness
- shame
- sorrow
- stew
- suffering
- throe
- torment
- torture
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- twinge
- unhappiness
- vexation
- visitation
- woe
- worriment
- worry
- wretchedness
Weak matches
noun as in hardship, adversity
Strong matches
verb as in worry, upset
Strong matches
Example Sentences
It said speculation about the gorillas had led to more break-ins, with the animals suffering distress due to the triggering of its intruder alarms.
Unable to recruit an impact hitter in free agency, the Giants turned their attention to the trade market and acquired a distressed asset in malcontent Rafael Devers.
There’s “some small increase in distress in the overall labor market that’s concentrated mostly in the federal workforce,” he said.
Mrs Beverley said it had highlighted to her how pregnancy loss was still a taboo subject and reliving Sunny's birth had added "further distress".
The results may suggest that a loan loss initially disclosed by a bank was more of a one-time event rather than a sign of wider distress in the world of corporate credit.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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