Synonyms for Dis tresses:

• n.

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

• v.

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

Antonyms for Dis tresses:

• n.

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

• v.

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