distress
Definition
- n. psychological suffering
- n. a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
- n. extreme physical pain
- n. the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
Word forms
- Past participle
- distressed
- Past tense
- distressed
- Present participle
- distressing
- Third person singular
- distresses
Example sentences
n.
Many people live in distress due to lack of basic needs.
vt.
The news of the accident distressed her deeply.
a.
The store had a distress sale to clear out old inventory.