Synonyms for Dis tress:

• n.

  •adversity (noun)
  • hurting,
  • pain in the neck,
  • kiss of death,
  • mishap,
  • clutch,
  • on the skids,
  • distress,
  • contretemps,
  • evil eye,
  • reverse,
  • hard times,
  • hardship,
  • the worst,
  • jinx,
  • poison,
  • ill fortune,
  • bad break.
  •affliction (noun)
  • disease,
  • sickness,
  • depression,
  • disorder,
  • crux,
  • infirmity,
  • plight,
  • scourge,
  • illness,
  • adversity.
  •aggravation (noun)
  • exasperation,
  • botheration,
  • irksomeness,
  • provocation,
  • teasing,
  • aggro,
  • hang-up,
  • pet peeve.
  •agony (noun)
  • passion,
  • pangs,
  • throes.
  •alarm (noun)
  • fright,
  • uneasiness,
  • dread,
  • apprehension,
  • nervousness,
  • tension,
  • cold feet,
  • scare,
  • horror,
  • terror,
  • consternation,
  • unease,
  • panic,
  • dismay,
  • trepidation.
  •anguish (noun)
  • agony,
  • rue,
  • dole.
  •annoyance (noun)
  • irascibility.
  •anxiety (noun)
  • pins and needles,
  • mistrust,
  • Needles,
  • goose bumps,
  • suspense,
  • foreboding,
  • fidgets,
  • shakes,
  • jitters,
  • ants in pants,
  • jumps,
  • uncertainty,
  • restlessness,
  • sweat,
  • solicitude,
  • angst,
  • nail-biting,
  • doubt,
  • cold sweat,
  • watchfulness,
  • all-overs,
  • flap,
  • fuss,
  • fretfulness,
  • creeps,
  • Butterflies,
  • misgiving,
  • heebie-jeebies,
  • willies,
  • shivers.
  •anxiousness (noun)
  • apprehensiveness,
  • agita,
  • fearfulness.
  •bad news (noun)
  • hindrance,
  • predicament,
  • bind,
  • deep trouble,
  • dire straits,
  • dilemma,
  • nuisance,
  • problem,
  • mess,
  • danger,
  • inconvenience.
  •bereavement (noun)
  • deprivation.
  •bitterness (noun)
  • painfulness,
  • mordancy,
  • hostility,
  • sarcasm,
  • harshness,
  • virulence,
  • Acrimoniousness,
  • grievousness,
  • venom,
  • asperity.
  •bother (noun)
  • bustle,
  • molestation,
  • aggravation,
  • pother,
  • to-do,
  • pest,
  • irritant,
  • bellyache,
  • pressure,
  • ado,
  • annoyance,
  • flurry.
  •cabin fever (noun)
  • sad,
  • claustrophobia,
  • climbing the walls,
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder,
  • temporary insanity,
  • winter blues,
  • neurosis.
  •calamity (noun)
  • misadventure,
  • blue ruin,
  • downfall,
  • mischance,
  • collapse,
  • waterloo,
  • wreck,
  • curtains,
  • ruin,
  • cataclysm.
  •care (noun)
  • fear,
  • load,
  • chagrin,
  • handicap,
  • discomposure,
  • responsibility,
  • charge,
  • encumbrance,
  • impediment,
  • disturbance,
  • onus,
  • oppression,
  • incubus.
  •concern (noun)
  • heedfulness,
  • concernment,
  • attention,
  • relation,
  • tender loving care,
  • consideration,
  • important matter,
  • relevance,
  • bearing,
  • matter,
  • heed,
  • carefulness,
  • reference,
  • regard.
  •concernment (noun)
  • solicitousness.
  •corner (noun)
  • tight spot,
  • knot,
  • box,
  • hole,
  • fix,
  • impasse.
  •depression (noun)
  • dreariness,
  • hopelessness,
  • abjection,
  • woefulness,
  • dispiritedness,
  • gloominess,
  • ennui,
  • dumps,
  • the blues,
  • Abjectness,
  • desperation,
  • gloom,
  • abasement,
  • qualm,
  • cheerlessness,
  • dolefulness,
  • downheartedness,
  • despondency,
  • blahs,
  • blue funk,
  • lugubriosity,
  • melancholy,
  • heaviness of heart,
  • discouragement,
  • Disconsolation,
  • heavyheartedness,
  • vapors,
  • lowness,
  • dullness,
  • bleakness,
  • melancholia.
  •deprivation (noun)
  • expropriation,
  • withdrawal,
  • denial,
  • loss,
  • disadvantage,
  • deprival,
  • detriment,
  • divestiture,
  • removal,
  • dispossession,
  • withholding,
  • Divestment,
  • seizure.
  •desperation (noun)
  • despair,
  • distraction,
  • disconsolateness.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • imbroglio,
  • barricade,
  • quandary,
  • deep water,
  • paradox,
  • snag,
  • obstacle,
  • crisis,
  • awkwardness,
  • emergency,
  • strife,
  • dead end,
  • stumbling block,
  • ramification,
  • puzzle,
  • obstruction,
  • bafflement,
  • quagmire,
  • weight,
  • maze,
  • frustration,
  • grievance,
  • deadlock,
  • setback,
  • strait,
  • hitch,
  • muddle,
  • strenuousness,
  • complication,
  • hazard,
  • millstone,
  • hangup,
  • laboriousness,
  • arduousness,
  • harassment,
  • check.
  •disappointment (noun)
  • disillusionment,
  • unfulfillment,
  • disgruntlement,
  • regret,
  • failure,
  • disenchantment,
  • lack of success,
  • letdown,
  • disillusion,
  • blow,
  • nonsuccess,
  • the knocks,
  • adverse fate,
  • discontent,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • defeat.
  •discomfort (noun)
  • inquietude,
  • discomfiture,
  • unpleasantness,
  • displeasure,
  • soreness.
  •disquiet (noun)
  • unrest,
  • storm,
  • ailment,
  • turmoil,
  • ferment,
  • restiveness.
  •dissatisfaction (noun)
  • resentment,
  • disapproval,
  • Disliking,
  • disfavor,
  • weariness,
  • envy,
  • querulousness,
  • disinclination,
  • heartburn,
  • boredom,
  • malcontent,
  • aversion,
  • complaint,
  • indisposition,
  • Disrelish,
  • malcontentment,
  • dislike,
  • lamentation,
  • jealousy,
  • distaste.
  •distress (noun)
  • heartbreak,
  • trial,
  • hard time,
  • tribulation,
  • exigency,
  • throe,
  • holy mess,
  • torment,
  • tough luck,
  • vexation,
  • discomfort,
  • disquietude,
  • pinch,
  • unconsolability,
  • wretchedness,
  • suffering,
  • pang,
  • mortification,
  • bad luck,
  • dolor,
  • care,
  • straits,
  • trouble,
  • concern,
  • misery,
  • ache,
  • ordeal,
  • poverty,
  • shame,
  • torture,
  • worry,
  • disappointment,
  • need,
  • bummer,
  • anxiety,
  • privation,
  • misfortune,
  • catastrophe,
  • rotten luck,
  • anguish,
  • stew,
  • headache,
  • jam,
  • rigor,
  • drag,
  • worriment,
  • scrape,
  • embarrassment,
  • unhappiness,
  • irritation,
  • want,
  • hard knocks,
  • unholy mess,
  • calamity,
  • crunch,
  • perplexity,
  • visitation,
  • can of worms,
  • hot water,
  • woe,
  • vicissitude,
  • heartache,
  • affliction,
  • sadness,
  • grief,
  • indigence,
  • pickle,
  • twinge,
  • sorrow,
  • malaise,
  • downer,
  • destitution,
  • difficulty,
  • desolation,
  • ticklish spot,
  • disaster,
  • bad news,
  • tough break,
  • dejection,
  • cross,
  • blues.
  •dolor (noun)
  • ruth.
  •embarrassment (noun)
  • indebtedness,
  • clumsiness,
  • mistake,
  • faux pas,
  • Impecuniosity,
  • indiscretion,
  • hot seat,
  • self-consciousness,
  • inhibition,
  • confusion,
  • shyness,
  • tangle,
  • bashfulness,
  • awkward situation,
  • disconcertion,
  • timidity,
  • boo boo,
  • egg on face,
  • complexity.
  •emergency (noun)
  • juncture,
  • turning point,
  • accident,
  • necessity,
  • compulsion,
  • meltdown,
  • climax,
  • extremity,
  • pass,
  • crossroad,
  • urgency,
  • zero hour,
  • squeeze.
  •exigency (noun)
  • Exigence,
  • demand.
  •exigency/exigence (noun)
  • duress,
  • needfulness,
  • acuteness,
  • pressingness,
  • criticalness,
  • contingency,
  • wont,
  • demandingness,
  • requirement,
  • constraint,
  • imperativeness.
  •fear (noun)
  • nightmare,
  • chickenheartedness,
  • funk,
  • abhorrence,
  • presentiment,
  • suspicion,
  • agitation,
  • revulsion,
  • phobia,
  • trembling,
  • cowardice,
  • Recreancy,
  • reverence,
  • faintheartedness,
  • tremor.
  •fearfulness (noun)
  • threat.
  •gloom (noun)
  • low spirits,
  • dismals,
  • bitterness,
  • pensiveness,
  • heavy-heartedness,
  • doldrums,
  • saturninity,
  • pessimism,
  • blue devils,
  • mopes,
  • heaviness,
  • catatonia,
  • morbidity,
  • mourning.
  •glumness (noun)
  • downheartedn,
  • despondence.
  •grief (noun)
  • mournfulness,
  • Deploring,
  • lamenting,
  • purgatory,
  • infelicity,
  • repining,
  • Bemoaning,
  • Bewailing,
  • remorse,
  • bereavement.
  •grievance (noun)
  • injury,
  • stink,
  • roar,
  • squawk,
  • blast,
  • holler,
  • kick,
  • flack,
  • howl,
  • rap,
  • beef,
  • yell,
  • jeremiad,
  • injustice,
  • knock,
  • violence,
  • big stink,
  • wrong,
  • objection,
  • ax to grind,
  • grouse,
  • case,
  • rumble,
  • hoo-ha,
  • damage.
  •gripe (noun)
  • groan,
  • moan,
  • grumble,
  • aching.
  •hardship (noun)
  • peril,
  • herculean task,
  • drudgery,
  • persecution,
  • curse,
  • toil,
  • travail,
  • uphill battle,
  • rainy day,
  • austerity.
  •heartache (noun)
  • heavy heart,
  • broken heart.
  •heartbreak (noun)
  • heartsickness,
  • bale.
  •hurt (noun)
  • harm,
  • mischief,
  • ill-treatment,
  • mark,
  • boo-boo,
  • Ouch,
  • chop,
  • bruise,
  • disservice,
  • prejudice,
  • down,
  • gash,
  • black and blue,
  • ill,
  • nick,
  • sore,
  • scratch.
  •impecuniosity (noun)
  • penuriousness.
  •injury (noun)
  • abrasion,
  • evil,
  • lesion,
  • bite,
  • trauma,
  • fracture,
  • slander,
  • sprain,
  • indignity,
  • libel,
  • shock,
  • cut,
  • bad,
  • stab,
  • hemorrhage,
  • laceration,
  • deformation,
  • impairment,
  • swelling,
  • scar,
  • cramp,
  • mutilation,
  • affront.
  •lack (noun)
  • abridgement,
  • scarcity,
  • curtailment,
  • reduction,
  • depletion,
  • inadequacy,
  • shortfall,
  • scantiness,
  • defect,
  • absence,
  • exiguity,
  • shortcoming,
  • dearth,
  • paucity,
  • shrinking,
  • shortness,
  • meagerness,
  • miss,
  • default,
  • deficit,
  • shrinkage,
  • slightness,
  • shortage,
  • insufficiency,
  • stint,
  • Insufficience,
  • inferiority,
  • retrenchment,
  • decrease.
  •malaise (noun)
  • Sickliness,
  • unhealthiness,
  • weakness,
  • Infirmness,
  • enervation,
  • lassitude,
  • decrepitude,
  • debility,
  • feebleness.
  •martyrdom (noun)
  • devotion,
  • agonizing,
  • self-sacrifice,
  • sacrifice,
  • unselfishness,
  • self-immolation,
  • crucifixion.
  •matter (noun)
  • circumstance.
  •misery (noun)
  • squalor,
  • anvil chorus,
  • stitch.
  •mournfulness (noun)
  • mope,
  • glumness.
  •need (noun)
  • lack,
  • impecuniousness,
  • penury,
  • pennilessness,
  • poorness,
  • Neediness,
  • impoverishment.
  •ordeal (noun)
  • calvary,
  • test,
  • crucible.
  •pain (noun)
  • malady,
  • tingle,
  • catch,
  • spasm,
  • throb,
  • fever,
  • prick,
  • tenderness,
  • convulsion,
  • martyrdom,
  • gripe,
  • crick,
  • paroxysm,
  • smarting.
  •pang (noun)
  • wrench.
  •passion (noun)
  • heat,
  • rage,
  • hurrah,
  • fire,
  • indignation,
  • feeling,
  • rapture,
  • excitement,
  • flare-up,
  • affection,
  • vehemence,
  • fit,
  • zest,
  • fury,
  • eagerness,
  • sentiment,
  • temper,
  • joy,
  • intensity,
  • transport,
  • frenzy,
  • ecstasy,
  • dedication,
  • outbreak,
  • spirit,
  • ardor,
  • outburst,
  • wrath,
  • fervor,
  • ire,
  • affectivity,
  • warmth,
  • animation,
  • zeal.
  •penitence (noun)
  • debasement,
  • scruple,
  • self-condemnation,
  • self-punishment,
  • compunction,
  • degradation,
  • contrition,
  • remorsefulness,
  • attrition,
  • penance,
  • repentance,
  • self-reproach,
  • humbling,
  • contriteness,
  • self-castigation,
  • humiliation,
  • ruefulness,
  • self-flagellation.
  •pestering (noun)
  • Bothering.
  •pity (noun)
  • benevolence,
  • empathy,
  • kindliness,
  • comfort,
  • Condolement,
  • favor,
  • quarter,
  • solace,
  • grace,
  • kindness,
  • philanthropy,
  • compassion,
  • clemency,
  • sympathy,
  • forbearance,
  • humanity,
  • condolence,
  • goodness,
  • understanding,
  • mercy,
  • commiseration,
  • lenity,
  • charity.
  •poverty (noun)
  • deficiency,
  • vacancy,
  • aridity,
  • pauperism,
  • underdevelopment,
  • beggary,
  • Necessitousness,
  • starvation,
  • bankruptcy,
  • emptiness,
  • debt,
  • barrenness,
  • famine,
  • insolvency.
  •pressure (noun)
  • hurry,
  • pull,
  • confinement,
  • persuasion,
  • inside track,
  • coercion,
  • unnaturalness,
  • obligation,
  • discipline,
  • albatross,
  • power,
  • full court press,
  • sway,
  • clout,
  • influence,
  • choke.
  •privateer (noun)
  • freebooter,
  • buccaneer,
  • vessel,
  • corsair,
  • ship.
  •remorsefulness (noun)
  • Penitency.
  •sadness (noun)
  • the dumps,
  • poignancy,
  • sorrowfulness,
  • Downcastness,
  • grieving,
  • moodiness,
  • forlornness,
  • dysphoria,
  • listlessness.
  •scrape (noun)
  • corner.
  •shock (noun)
  • hysteria,
  • turn,
  • start,
  • stupor,
  • breakdown,
  • crash,
  • jolt,
  • collision,
  • encounter,
  • ram,
  • bombshell,
  • double whammy,
  • jarring,
  • impact,
  • percussion,
  • whammy,
  • stroke,
  • Traumatism,
  • prostration,
  • eye-opener,
  • concussion,
  • bump,
  • stupefaction,
  • earthquake,
  • clash.
  •soreness (noun)
  • prickle.
  •sorrow (noun)
  • rain,
  • big trouble,
  • weeping.
  •strait (noun)
  • bottleneck,
  • choke point,
  • mystification,
  • bewilderment.
  •tear/tears (noun)
  • water,
  • weeps,
  • teardrop,
  • Whimpering,
  • weep,
  • sobbing,
  • sob act,
  • Blubbering,
  • wailing,
  • crying,
  • drops,
  • lachryma,
  • sob,
  • moisture,
  • waterworks,
  • discharge.
  •torture (noun)
  • impalement,
  • Cruciation,
  • third degree,
  • excruciation.
  •travail (noun)
  • work,
  • pains,
  • childbirth,
  • parturition,
  • effort,
  • exertion.
  •trial (noun)
  • cross to bear,
  • bane,
  • trying time,
  • thorn,
  • severe test.
  •tribulation (noun)
  • hard knock,
  • Wronging.
  •trouble (noun)
  • tumult,
  • spot,
  • commotion,
  • task,
  • discord,
  • row.
  •turmoil (noun)
  • lather,
  • ruckus,
  • pandemonium,
  • riot,
  • anxiousness,
  • whirl,
  • dither,
  • bedlam,
  • free-for-all,
  • topsy-turvy,
  • hectic,
  • hubbub,
  • mix-up,
  • noise,
  • stir,
  • uproar,
  • turbulence.
  •unhappiness (noun)
  • anhedonia.
  •unrest (noun)
  • debate,
  • quarrel,
  • contention,
  • perturbation,
  • dissension,
  • change,
  • sedition,
  • insurrection,
  • controversy,
  • altercation,
  • protest,
  • tizzy,
  • rebellion,
  • bickering,
  • disaffection,
  • anarchy.
  •upset (noun)
  • queasiness,
  • destruction,
  • subversion,
  • reversion,
  • shake-up,
  • screw-up,
  • goulash.
  •visitation (noun)
  • retribution,
  • punishment.
  •woe (noun)
  • tragedy.
  •wound (noun)
  • slash.

• v.

  •afflict (verb)
  • crucify,
  • strike,
  • burden,
  • harrow,
  • beset,
  • martyr,
  • press,
  • smite,
  • lacerate,
  • annoy.
  •agonize (verb)
  • squirm,
  • stew over,
  • bleed,
  • writhe,
  • sing the blues,
  • labor,
  • take it badly,
  • eat heart out,
  • carry on,
  • strive,
  • lament,
  • excruciate,
  • struggle,
  • wince.
  •ail (verb)
  • upset,
  • sicken.
  •alarm (verb)
  • spook,
  • scare to death,
  • frighten,
  • amaze,
  • surprise,
  • give a turn,
  • astonish,
  • unnerve,
  • startle,
  • make jump,
  • chill,
  • scare stiff,
  • terrify,
  • daunt,
  • scare silly.
  •annoy (verb)
  • gnaw,
  • work on,
  • be at,
  • egg on,
  • tease,
  • bore,
  • agitate,
  • madden,
  • heat up,
  • nettle,
  • displease,
  • ride,
  • abrade,
  • chafe,
  • ask for it,
  • hit where one lives,
  • Henpeck,
  • badger,
  • rile,
  • nudge,
  • gall,
  • beleaguer,
  • turn off,
  • bedevil,
  • ruffle,
  • fire up,
  • t-off,
  • push button,
  • exasperate,
  • make waves,
  • provoke,
  • perturb,
  • be on the back of.
  •bother (verb)
  • goad,
  • put out,
  • embarrass,
  • disconcert,
  • intrude upon,
  • alarm,
  • tantalize,
  • browbeat,
  • disgust,
  • hinder,
  • spite,
  • pursue,
  • discommode,
  • exacerbate,
  • insult,
  • impede,
  • aggravate,
  • grate on,
  • molest,
  • carp at,
  • taunt.
  •concern (verb)
  • touch,
  • apply to,
  • bear on,
  • make anxious,
  • take pains,
  • involve,
  • become involved,
  • be relevant to,
  • pertain to,
  • interest,
  • make uneasy.
  •depress (verb)
  • dishearten,
  • cow,
  • weary,
  • beat down,
  • faze,
  • damp,
  • dampen,
  • throw cold water on,
  • debase,
  • devitalize,
  • degrade,
  • cast down,
  • enervate,
  • darken,
  • drain,
  • mock,
  • put down,
  • keep under,
  • sap,
  • slow,
  • reduce,
  • mortify,
  • lower,
  • dispirit,
  • reduce to tears,
  • bear down,
  • scorn,
  • dull,
  • weaken,
  • debilitate,
  • weigh down,
  • discourage,
  • turn one off,
  • bum out,
  • run down,
  • abase,
  • beat.
  •disagree (verb)
  • be disturbing,
  • nauseate,
  • be unsuitable,
  • be sickening,
  • go against the grain,
  • make ill,
  • be distasteful.
  •discomfort (verb)
  • discomfit,
  • make uncomfortable,
  • discompose.
  •discourage (verb)
  • deject,
  • overawe,
  • confuse,
  • droop,
  • deprecate,
  • bully,
  • repress,
  • disparage,
  • dash,
  • abash,
  • intimidate,
  • break one's heart,
  • prostrate,
  • awe,
  • demoralize,
  • appall.
  •dismay (verb)
  • mystify,
  • affright,
  • rattle,
  • paralyze,
  • screw up,
  • throw into a tizzy,
  • put off,
  • terrorize,
  • confound,
  • dumbfound,
  • muck up,
  • foul up,
  • shake,
  • louse up,
  • throw,
  • take aback,
  • fluster,
  • flummox,
  • snafu,
  • unhinge,
  • horrify,
  • bewilder,
  • mess up,
  • nonplus.
  •disquiet (verb)
  • fret,
  • unsettle,
  • incommode.
  •distress (verb)
  • hurt,
  • push buttons,
  • bother,
  • bug,
  • break,
  • needle,
  • burn up,
  • injure,
  • disquiet,
  • irk,
  • plague,
  • try,
  • stress,
  • harass,
  • harry,
  • desolate,
  • rack,
  • agonize,
  • pain,
  • depress,
  • eat,
  • irritate,
  • nit-pick,
  • aggrieve,
  • pester,
  • vex,
  • do a number on,
  • pick on,
  • give a hard time,
  • oppress,
  • nag,
  • sadden,
  • hound,
  • get,
  • disturb,
  • push,
  • dog,
  • be on one's case,
  • tick off,
  • miff,
  • weigh,
  • strap,
  • strain,
  • grieve,
  • make it tough for,
  • wound,
  • afflict,
  • peeve,
  • ail,
  • perplex,
  • get to,
  • discombobulate.
  •disturb (verb)
  • excite,
  • tire,
  • arouse,
  • outrage,
  • rouse,
  • disrupt,
  • shake up,
  • pique,
  • astound,
  • interfere,
  • distract,
  • complicate,
  • interrupt,
  • intrude.
  •embarrass (verb)
  • hang up,
  • put on the spot,
  • let down,
  • give a bad time,
  • put in a spot,
  • catch one short,
  • make a monkey of,
  • stun,
  • put in a hole,
  • discountenance,
  • show up,
  • put out of countenance.
  •exercise (verb)
  • preoccupy,
  • occupy.
  •fret (verb)
  • get on nerves.
  •get (verb)
  • buffalo,
  • stump,
  • stick,
  • baffle.
  •gnaw (verb)
  • prey on one's mind,
  • wear down,
  • eat at,
  • beleague,
  • haunt,
  • rankle.
  •harass (verb)
  • despoil,
  • maraud,
  • persecute,
  • jerk around,
  • bait,
  • exhaust,
  • burn,
  • noodge,
  • attack,
  • hassle,
  • heckle,
  • devil,
  • fatigue,
  • bullyrag,
  • rattle one's cage,
  • foray,
  • macerate,
  • raid.
  •hurt (verb)
  • punish,
  • thumb nose at,
  • martyrize,
  • abuse,
  • vitiate,
  • cut to the quick,
  • constrain,
  • zing,
  • sting,
  • give no quarter,
  • lambaste,
  • lay a bad trip on,
  • work over,
  • lean on,
  • go for jugular.
  •injure (verb)
  • do in,
  • impair,
  • wax,
  • spoil,
  • undermine,
  • maltreat,
  • disfigure,
  • foul,
  • contort,
  • blemish,
  • blight,
  • tarnish,
  • total,
  • cut up,
  • batter,
  • disable,
  • mutilate,
  • hack up,
  • mar,
  • deface,
  • mangle,
  • maim,
  • draw blood,
  • distort,
  • deform,
  • cripple.
  •offend (verb)
  • repel,
  • trespass,
  • anger,
  • slur,
  • transgress,
  • disoblige,
  • be disagreeable,
  • snub,
  • antagonize,
  • repulse,
  • jar,
  • disgruntle,
  • sin,
  • slight.
  •oppress (verb)
  • crush,
  • overthrow,
  • suppress,
  • keep down,
  • put the squeeze on,
  • overwhelm,
  • put screws to,
  • put upon,
  • smother,
  • tax,
  • prey on,
  • overload,
  • force,
  • tyrranize,
  • rule,
  • subjugate,
  • overpower,
  • saddle,
  • weigh heavy upon,
  • Despotize,
  • overcome,
  • trample,
  • encumber.
  •pain (verb)
  • inflame,
  • chasten,
  • suffer,
  • convulse,
  • smart.
  •persecute (verb)
  • drive up the wall,
  • ill-treat,
  • tyrannize,
  • victimize,
  • expel,
  • hunt,
  • exile,
  • dragoon,
  • hector.
  •pinch (verb)
  • skimp,
  • economize,
  • pinch pennies,
  • scrimp,
  • spare.
  •prey on (verb)
  • feed on,
  • Depredate,
  • blackmail,
  • take advantage of,
  • exploit,
  • devour,
  • seize,
  • live off,
  • plunder,
  • consume,
  • fleece.
  •rack (verb)
  • stretch,
  • wring,
  • tear.
  •sadden (verb)
  • bring one down,
  • deplore,
  • make blue,
  • dampen spirits,
  • put a damper on,
  • put into a funk,
  • drag down.
  •shake (verb)
  • unstring,
  • consternate,
  • throw a curve,
  • move,
  • knock props out.
  •strain (verb)
  • pick at.
  •tire (verb)
  • jade,
  • overstrain,
  • wilt,
  • put to sleep,
  • wear out,
  • overwork,
  • fold,
  • overburden,
  • drop,
  • bush,
  • crawl,
  • sink,
  • wear,
  • go stale,
  • burn out,
  • flag,
  • poop out,
  • yawn,
  • peter out,
  • fail,
  • pall,
  • overtax,
  • grow weary,
  • give out,
  • faint,
  • fag.
  •torment (verb)
  • rub salt in wound,
  • play cat and mouse,
  • bone,
  • put through wringer,
  • mistreat,
  • drive bananas.
  •torture (verb)
  • grill,
  • whip,
  • impale.
  •trouble (verb)
  • make a scene,
  • impose on,
  • stir up,
  • make a fuss,
  • flip out,
  • PSYCH.
  •upset (verb)
  • incapacitate,
  • turn on,
  • derange,
  • key up,
  • rock the boat,
  • adjy,
  • lay up,
  • floor,
  • throw off balance,
  • craze,
  • flip,
  • indispose.
  •weary (verb)
  • tire out,
  • leave one cold,
  • fall off,
  • grow tired,
  • take it out of,
  • fade,
  • make discontented,
  • cause ennui,
  • glut,
  • cloy,
  • have had enough,
  • try the patience of,
  • lose interest,
  • enfeeble,
  • tucker out,
  • drowse.
  •worry (verb)
  • take on,
  • bite one's nails,
  • brood,
  • have qualms,
  • go for,
  • gnaw at,
  • sweat out,
  • feel uneasy,
  • concern oneself,
  • dun,
  • Importune.
  •wound (verb)
  • traumatize,
  • hurt one's feelings,
  • dump on,
  • offend.

Antonyms for Dis tress:

• n.

  • adversity
    favor, assistance, prosperity, encouragement, profit.
  • affliction
    well-being, consolation.
  • alarm
    confidence, composure, tranquility, repose, security, assurance, Collectedness, quietness.
  • annoyance
    enjoyment.
  • anxiety
    faith, belief, peacefulness, nonchalance, sureness, trust, certainty.
  • bitterness
    Sweetness, geniality.
  • bother
    convenience.
  • calamity
    creation.
  • care
    ignorance, disregard, oversight, negligence, omission, carelessness, thoughtlessness, inattention.
  • concern
    unconcern, disinterest.
  • corner
    solution.
  • depression
    convexity, surge, contentedness, hope, cheerfulness, liveliness, protuberance, recovery, hopefulness, bulge.
  • deprivation
    supply, offer, offering, presentation, gain, indulgence, endowment, bestowal, giving.
  • desperation
    cautiousness.
  • difficulty
    felicity, promotion, harmony, satisfaction, opening, organization.
  • disappointment
    boost, achievement, win, attainment, triumph.
  • discomfort
    easiness.
  • dissatisfaction
    incentive, enthusiasm, love, like, liking, approval, sanction, kindness.
  • distress
    euphoria, help, fortune, comfort, gladness, calmness, joy, calm, wonder, abundance, peace, contentment, success, ease, blessing, joyfulness, luxury, good luck, good fortune, miracle, delight, boon, benefit, happiness, joyousness, aid, health, plenty, cheer, good health, wealth, pleasure, advantage, relief.
  • embarrassment
    boldness.
  • emergency
    closure.
  • exigency/exigence
    ordinariness.
  • fear
    courage, heroism, fearlessness, bravery.
  • fearfulness
    beauty.
  • gloom
    vivaciousness, sparkle, animation, sunniness, brightness, light.
  • grief
    exhilaration, ecstasy.
  • grievance
    right, flattery.
  • hardship
    good, entertainment, safety, fun, mildness.
  • hurt
    healing, remedy, luck.
  • injury
    goodness, virtue, morality.
  • interestedness
    heedlessness, disrespect.
  • lack
    expansion, plethora, addition, extra, enlargement, surplus, affluence, excess, lot, enough, profusion, sufficiency, perfection.
  • malaise
    soundness, ability, well being, healthiness, strength.
  • matter
    nothing, insignificance, zero, meaninglessness, nothingness.
  • need
    riches, have.
  • pain
    wellness, irritation.
  • pang
    tingle.
  • passion
    dislike, coolness, indifference, hate, hatred, apathy, lethargy, dullness.
  • penitence
    shamelessness, elevation.
  • pity
    disfavor, disdain, mercilessness, malevolence, meanness, cruelty, unkindness, harshness.
  • poverty
    adequacy, richness, fill.
  • pressure
    weakness, powerlessness, relaxation, unimportance, impotence, incompetence, freedom, facility, incapacity.
  • scrape
    resolution.
  • shock
    failure, expectation.
  • torture
    alleviation.
  • travail
    idleness, pastime, laziness.
  • trouble
    fitness.
  • turmoil
    silence, agreement.
  • unhappiness
    bliss.
  • worry
    reassurance.
  • worst
    construction, building.

• v.

  • afflict
    solace, take care of, stay away from.
  • agonize
    laze, not worry, rest, idle.
  • alarm
    encourage, reassure, expect, assure.
  • annoy
    gratify, charm, quiet, enchant, mollify.
  • bother
    praise, compliment, stop, order, satisfy.
  • depress
    hearten, invigorate, excite, energize, uplift, admire, push up, approve, exalt, honor, lift, inspirit, elevate, flatter, increase, improve, activate, upgrade, strengthen, stimulate, raise.
  • disagree
    agree, accept, concur, coincide, consent, harmonize, acquiesce.
  • discomfort
    alleviate.
  • discourage
    inspire, allow, spur on, commend, laud.
  • dismay
    embolden, clear up, incite, explain, explicate, clarify, settle, enlighten.
  • disquiet
    pacify.
  • distress
    gladden, assist, build, dissuade, assuage, support, fix, ignore, soothe, heal, leave alone, please, hide, cure, relieve, placate, be happy, mend, appease, make happy, discourage, neglect.
  • disturb
    tranquilize, lull, organize, sort, compose, locate, bore, arrange, exhilarate.
  • exercise
    not use.
  • get
    misconstrue, yield, lose, depart, miss, overthrow, fail, overtake, mismanage, pass, give in, understand, misunderstand, leave, surrender.
  • harass
    refresh, facilitate.
  • hurt
    let go, respect, protect.
  • injure
    decorate, repair, clean, embellish, beautify, grow, ornament, preserve, enable, adorn.
  • offend
    attract, obey, behave.
  • oppress
    release.
  • persecute
    reward, console.
  • pinch
    receive, free, be generous, give, spend.
  • prey on
    save, guard.
  • strain
    concentrate, compress.
  • tire
    rise, fire up.
  • trouble
    be content.
  • try
    abstain.
  • upset
    place, make well, straighten, hold.
  • weary
    enliven.