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Pronunciation:
[ dˈɪstɹˈɛs], [ dˈɪstɹˈɛs], [ d_ˈɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈɛ_s]
Related words: distress, distress meaning, distress signal, distress call, distress animal
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Similar words for dis-tress:
- adversity (noun)
- affliction (noun)
- aggravation (noun)
- agony (noun)
- alarm (noun)
- anguish (noun)
- annoyance (noun)
- anxiety (noun)
- anxiousness (noun)
- bad news (noun)
- bereavement (noun)
- bitterness (noun)
- bother (noun)
- cabin fever (noun)
- calamity (noun)
- care (noun)
- concern (noun)
- concernment (noun)
- corner (noun)
- depression (noun)
- deprivation (noun)
- desperation (noun)
- difficulty (noun)
- disappointment (noun)
- discomfort (noun)
- disquiet (noun)
- dissatisfaction (noun)
- distress (noun)
- dolor (noun)
- embarrassment (noun)
- emergency (noun)
- exigency (noun)
- exigency/exigence (noun)
- fear (noun)
- fearfulness (noun)
- gloom (noun)
- glumness (noun)
- grief (noun)
- grievance (noun)
- gripe (noun)
- hardship (noun)
- heartache (noun)
- heartbreak (noun)
- hurt (noun)
- impecuniosity (noun)
- injury (noun)
- lack (noun)
- malaise (noun)
- martyrdom (noun)
- matter (noun)
- misery (noun)
- mournfulness (noun)
- need (noun)
- ordeal (noun)
- pain (noun)
- pang (noun)
- passion (noun)
- penitence (noun)
- pestering (noun)
- pity (noun)
- poverty (noun)
- pressure (noun)
- privateer (noun)
- remorsefulness (noun)
- sadness (noun)
- scrape (noun)
- shock (noun)
- soreness (noun)
- sorrow (noun)
- strait (noun)
- tear/tears (noun)
- torture (noun)
- travail (noun)
- trial (noun)
- tribulation (noun)
- trouble (noun)
- turmoil (noun)
- unhappiness (noun)
- unrest (noun)
- upset (noun)
- visitation (noun)
- woe (noun)
- wound (noun)
- afflict (verb)
- agonize (verb)
- ail (verb)
- alarm (verb)
- annoy (verb)
- bother (verb)
- concern (verb)
- depress (verb)
- disagree (verb)
- discomfort (verb)
- discourage (verb)
- dismay (verb)
- disquiet (verb)
- distress (verb)
- disturb (verb)
- embarrass (verb)
- exercise (verb)
- fret (verb)
- get (verb)
- gnaw (verb)
- harass (verb)
- hurt (verb)
- injure (verb)
- offend (verb)
- oppress (verb)
- pain (verb)
- persecute (verb)
- pinch (verb)
- prey on (verb)
- rack (verb)
- sadden (verb)
- shake (verb)
- strain (verb)
- tire (verb)
- torment (verb)
- torture (verb)
- trouble (verb)
- upset (verb)
- weary (verb)
- worry (verb)
- wound (verb)
Synonyms for Dis-tress:
n.
• adversity (noun)- distress,
- hard times,
- contretemps,
- clutch,
- reverse,
- hardship,
- hurting,
- poison,
- the worst,
- evil eye,
- kiss of death,
- on the skids,
- ill fortune,
- mishap,
- pain in the neck,
- bad break,
- jinx.
- consternation,
- fright,
- scare,
- horror,
- unease,
- terror,
- dread,
- trepidation,
- dismay,
- nervousness,
- panic,
- apprehension,
- tension,
- cold feet,
- uneasiness.
- flap,
- misgiving,
- suspense,
- uncertainty,
- mistrust,
- ants in pants,
- nail-biting,
- all-overs,
- restlessness,
- willies,
- sweat,
- foreboding,
- jitters,
- fidgets,
- shivers,
- Needles,
- watchfulness,
- doubt,
- goose bumps,
- creeps,
- angst,
- jumps,
- solicitude,
- cold sweat,
- fuss,
- fretfulness,
- heebie-jeebies,
- shakes,
- pins and needles,
- Butterflies.
- danger,
- mess,
- dire straits,
- dilemma,
- problem,
- nuisance,
- deep trouble,
- inconvenience,
- predicament,
- hindrance,
- bind.
- harshness,
- mordancy,
- hostility,
- Acrimoniousness,
- asperity,
- sarcasm,
- painfulness,
- virulence,
- venom,
- grievousness.
- annoyance,
- ado,
- pother,
- flurry,
- bustle,
- bellyache,
- molestation,
- pest,
- irritant,
- to-do,
- aggravation,
- pressure.
- neurosis,
- temporary insanity,
- climbing the walls,
- claustrophobia,
- Seasonal Affective Disorder,
- winter blues,
- sad.
- impediment,
- handicap,
- chagrin,
- disturbance,
- charge,
- encumbrance,
- incubus,
- responsibility,
- load,
- oppression,
- fear,
- onus,
- discomposure.
- carefulness,
- important matter,
- relation,
- matter,
- bearing,
- relevance,
- tender loving care,
- reference,
- heed,
- heedfulness,
- attention,
- regard,
- concernment,
- consideration.
- lugubriosity,
- bleakness,
- heaviness of heart,
- melancholia,
- ennui,
- lowness,
- dispiritedness,
- Disconsolation,
- woefulness,
- cheerlessness,
- despondency,
- melancholy,
- vapors,
- gloominess,
- abjection,
- discouragement,
- dullness,
- downheartedness,
- qualm,
- dumps,
- gloom,
- heavyheartedness,
- blahs,
- dreariness,
- hopelessness,
- Abjectness,
- dolefulness,
- abasement,
- desperation,
- the blues,
- blue funk.
- removal,
- loss,
- denial,
- dispossession,
- detriment,
- divestiture,
- seizure,
- deprival,
- withdrawal,
- Divestment,
- expropriation,
- withholding,
- disadvantage.
- laboriousness,
- millstone,
- paradox,
- obstacle,
- imbroglio,
- strife,
- puzzle,
- dead end,
- hazard,
- maze,
- crisis,
- hitch,
- obstruction,
- emergency,
- arduousness,
- ramification,
- weight,
- check,
- harassment,
- quandary,
- deep water,
- strait,
- strenuousness,
- barricade,
- awkwardness,
- complication,
- snag,
- grievance,
- setback,
- quagmire,
- hangup,
- bafflement,
- deadlock,
- frustration,
- stumbling block,
- muddle.
- disillusion,
- unfulfillment,
- nonsuccess,
- disgruntlement,
- the knocks,
- dissatisfaction,
- disillusionment,
- failure,
- blow,
- regret,
- defeat,
- discontent,
- disenchantment,
- adverse fate,
- lack of success,
- letdown.
- malcontent,
- boredom,
- heartburn,
- indisposition,
- resentment,
- lamentation,
- querulousness,
- weariness,
- envy,
- Disliking,
- disinclination,
- distaste,
- malcontentment,
- disapproval,
- Disrelish,
- aversion,
- complaint,
- dislike,
- jealousy,
- disfavor.
- unhappiness,
- affliction,
- desolation,
- catastrophe,
- ache,
- vexation,
- torment,
- trial,
- worriment,
- tough break,
- calamity,
- disaster,
- mortification,
- pickle,
- destitution,
- irritation,
- torture,
- hard knocks,
- rigor,
- rotten luck,
- anguish,
- dejection,
- worry,
- care,
- suffering,
- misfortune,
- scrape,
- drag,
- tribulation,
- disappointment,
- disquietude,
- embarrassment,
- pinch,
- dolor,
- anxiety,
- jam,
- straits,
- vicissitude,
- sorrow,
- trouble,
- shame,
- headache,
- heartache,
- bummer,
- misery,
- crunch,
- downer,
- ticklish spot,
- grief,
- exigency,
- wretchedness,
- need,
- perplexity,
- throe,
- malaise,
- unconsolability,
- difficulty,
- bad news,
- poverty,
- woe,
- sadness,
- want,
- ordeal,
- tough luck,
- cross,
- can of worms,
- unholy mess,
- blues,
- concern,
- hot water,
- pang,
- bad luck,
- indigence,
- visitation,
- hard time,
- twinge,
- discomfort,
- heartbreak,
- privation,
- stew,
- holy mess.
- ruth.
- clumsiness,
- boo boo,
- disconcertion,
- inhibition,
- complexity,
- egg on face,
- confusion,
- indebtedness,
- bashfulness,
- Impecuniosity,
- self-consciousness,
- shyness,
- faux pas,
- mistake,
- indiscretion,
- timidity,
- tangle,
- awkward situation,
- hot seat.
- pass,
- necessity,
- accident,
- crossroad,
- climax,
- extremity,
- squeeze,
- meltdown,
- turning point,
- zero hour,
- juncture,
- urgency,
- compulsion.
- constraint,
- requirement,
- criticalness,
- contingency,
- demandingness,
- wont,
- pressingness,
- imperativeness,
- needfulness,
- duress,
- acuteness.
- cowardice,
- nightmare,
- revulsion,
- phobia,
- Recreancy,
- trembling,
- funk,
- tremor,
- faintheartedness,
- presentiment,
- reverence,
- abhorrence,
- suspicion,
- agitation,
- chickenheartedness.
- catatonia,
- saturninity,
- pensiveness,
- mopes,
- blue devils,
- pessimism,
- heavy-heartedness,
- morbidity,
- heaviness,
- low spirits,
- bitterness,
- mourning,
- dismals,
- doldrums.
- infelicity,
- Deploring,
- lamenting,
- Bemoaning,
- bereavement,
- purgatory,
- mournfulness,
- repining,
- remorse,
- Bewailing.
- damage,
- injury,
- objection,
- rumble,
- roar,
- howl,
- knock,
- ax to grind,
- jeremiad,
- case,
- holler,
- kick,
- blast,
- violence,
- grouse,
- yell,
- hoo-ha,
- flack,
- wrong,
- rap,
- big stink,
- injustice,
- squawk,
- beef,
- stink.
- curse,
- herculean task,
- drudgery,
- travail,
- austerity,
- persecution,
- peril,
- toil,
- rainy day,
- uphill battle.
- chop,
- down,
- bruise,
- boo-boo,
- prejudice,
- gash,
- harm,
- nick,
- black and blue,
- disservice,
- ill-treatment,
- Ouch,
- sore,
- mark,
- mischief,
- scratch,
- ill.
- stab,
- shock,
- scar,
- cramp,
- evil,
- hemorrhage,
- fracture,
- bite,
- affront,
- libel,
- sprain,
- slander,
- impairment,
- bad,
- deformation,
- mutilation,
- laceration,
- trauma,
- cut,
- indignity,
- swelling,
- abrasion,
- lesion.
- decrease,
- slightness,
- default,
- meagerness,
- defect,
- shortness,
- retrenchment,
- inadequacy,
- scarcity,
- depletion,
- inferiority,
- curtailment,
- dearth,
- paucity,
- shrinking,
- stint,
- reduction,
- Insufficience,
- shortage,
- shrinkage,
- exiguity,
- deficit,
- insufficiency,
- abridgement,
- absence,
- scantiness,
- miss,
- shortfall,
- shortcoming.
- unhealthiness,
- debility,
- weakness,
- feebleness,
- Sickliness,
- Infirmness,
- lassitude,
- decrepitude,
- enervation.
- crick,
- prick,
- spasm,
- martyrdom,
- convulsion,
- tenderness,
- throb,
- paroxysm,
- gripe,
- malady,
- catch,
- smarting,
- tingle,
- fever.
- ecstasy,
- ire,
- transport,
- warmth,
- hurrah,
- flare-up,
- outbreak,
- frenzy,
- affection,
- fire,
- outburst,
- spirit,
- eagerness,
- rage,
- indignation,
- zeal,
- fervor,
- wrath,
- feeling,
- affectivity,
- zest,
- ardor,
- heat,
- excitement,
- fury,
- fit,
- vehemence,
- animation,
- joy,
- dedication,
- intensity,
- temper,
- sentiment,
- rapture.
- contriteness,
- scruple,
- humbling,
- self-castigation,
- debasement,
- self-condemnation,
- ruefulness,
- attrition,
- remorsefulness,
- repentance,
- compunction,
- contrition,
- self-reproach,
- degradation,
- self-flagellation,
- humiliation,
- self-punishment,
- penance.
- sympathy,
- philanthropy,
- mercy,
- commiseration,
- empathy,
- forbearance,
- favor,
- comfort,
- charity,
- kindness,
- solace,
- quarter,
- goodness,
- clemency,
- condolence,
- lenity,
- humanity,
- Condolement,
- compassion,
- grace,
- understanding,
- benevolence,
- kindliness.
- barrenness,
- Necessitousness,
- pauperism,
- emptiness,
- bankruptcy,
- starvation,
- underdevelopment,
- famine,
- debt,
- deficiency,
- aridity,
- insolvency,
- vacancy,
- beggary.
- clout,
- confinement,
- choke,
- albatross,
- pull,
- discipline,
- hurry,
- power,
- pressure cooker,
- coercion,
- inside track,
- full court press,
- unnaturalness,
- obligation,
- persuasion,
- sway,
- influence.
- corsair,
- buccaneer,
- vessel,
- ship,
- freebooter.
- poignancy,
- dysphoria,
- sorrowfulness,
- listlessness,
- the dumps,
- Downcastness,
- moodiness,
- forlornness,
- grieving.
- clash,
- hysteria,
- prostration,
- stupefaction,
- start,
- encounter,
- percussion,
- eye-opener,
- jarring,
- bump,
- crash,
- jolt,
- breakdown,
- whammy,
- concussion,
- double whammy,
- earthquake,
- collision,
- Traumatism,
- ram,
- stroke,
- impact,
- stupor,
- bombshell,
- turn.
- wailing,
- weeps,
- drops,
- teardrop,
- lachryma,
- waterworks,
- water,
- weep,
- crying,
- Whimpering,
- discharge,
- moisture,
- sobbing,
- sob,
- sob act,
- Blubbering.
- pains,
- work,
- parturition,
- effort,
- exertion,
- childbirth.
- dither,
- hectic,
- bedlam,
- anxiousness,
- topsy-turvy,
- hubbub,
- lather,
- stir,
- mix-up,
- free-for-all,
- pandemonium,
- whirl,
- uproar,
- riot,
- ruckus,
- turbulence,
- noise.
v.
• afflict (verb) • agonize (verb)- excruciate,
- take it badly,
- writhe,
- strive,
- carry on,
- eat heart out,
- sing the blues,
- struggle,
- lament,
- squirm,
- bleed,
- wince,
- stew over,
- labor.
- chill,
- spook,
- unnerve,
- startle,
- scare stiff,
- make jump,
- frighten,
- scare silly,
- daunt,
- surprise,
- terrify,
- amaze,
- give a turn,
- astonish,
- scare to death.
- beleaguer,
- madden,
- gall,
- bedevil,
- displease,
- tease,
- work on,
- Henpeck,
- provoke,
- rile,
- ruffle,
- perturb,
- bore,
- fire up,
- hit where one lives,
- egg on,
- chafe,
- turn off,
- ride,
- push button,
- exasperate,
- gnaw,
- t-off,
- be on the back of,
- heat up,
- nudge,
- be at,
- make waves,
- ask for it,
- abrade,
- nettle,
- badger,
- agitate.
- discommode,
- embarrass,
- disgust,
- disconcert,
- browbeat,
- goad,
- pursue,
- hinder,
- exacerbate,
- spite,
- insult,
- tantalize,
- molest,
- put out,
- intrude upon,
- impede,
- carp at,
- alarm,
- taunt,
- grate on,
- aggravate.
- interest,
- pertain to,
- take pains,
- involve,
- be relevant to,
- become involved,
- make anxious,
- make uneasy,
- apply to,
- touch,
- bear on.
- cow,
- devitalize,
- keep under,
- dishearten,
- degrade,
- run down,
- weaken,
- dispirit,
- reduce,
- faze,
- damp,
- weigh down,
- bear down,
- weary,
- scorn,
- cast down,
- debilitate,
- enervate,
- dampen,
- put down,
- reduce to tears,
- throw cold water on,
- lower,
- sap,
- dull,
- mock,
- beat,
- turn one off,
- bum out,
- debase,
- darken,
- mortify,
- abase,
- slow,
- beat down,
- drain,
- discourage.
- be distasteful,
- go against the grain,
- be unsuitable,
- nauseate,
- be sickening,
- make ill,
- be disturbing.
- dash,
- overawe,
- intimidate,
- confuse,
- break one's heart,
- demoralize,
- deject,
- deprecate,
- abash,
- droop,
- appall,
- awe,
- bully,
- prostrate,
- repress,
- disparage.
- dumbfound,
- throw into a tizzy,
- affright,
- horrify,
- bewilder,
- muck up,
- confound,
- shake,
- paralyze,
- put off,
- fluster,
- flummox,
- foul up,
- terrorize,
- snafu,
- screw up,
- throw,
- mess up,
- mystify,
- unhinge,
- take aback,
- nonplus,
- louse up,
- rattle.
- burn up,
- agonize,
- perplex,
- aggrieve,
- pester,
- nit-pick,
- give a hard time,
- irk,
- irritate,
- desolate,
- harry,
- strain,
- hound,
- disquiet,
- afflict,
- wound,
- be on one's case,
- bug,
- nag,
- peeve,
- disturb,
- weigh,
- oppress,
- do a number on,
- sadden,
- depress,
- pick on,
- injure,
- push,
- hurt,
- discombobulate,
- vex,
- ail,
- get,
- bother,
- dog,
- get to,
- make it tough for,
- needle,
- eat,
- tick off,
- push buttons,
- harass,
- rack,
- plague,
- stress,
- pain,
- grieve,
- break,
- try,
- miff,
- strap.
- complicate,
- shake up,
- outrage,
- interfere,
- astound,
- pique,
- rouse,
- interrupt,
- distract,
- excite,
- arouse,
- intrude,
- tire,
- disrupt.
- show up,
- discountenance,
- give a bad time,
- put out of countenance,
- hang up,
- stun,
- put on the spot,
- catch one short,
- make a monkey of,
- put in a spot,
- let down,
- put in a hole.
- bullyrag,
- maraud,
- fatigue,
- rattle one's cage,
- despoil,
- persecute,
- macerate,
- attack,
- noodge,
- heckle,
- bait,
- burn,
- devil,
- exhaust,
- raid,
- foray,
- jerk around,
- hassle.
- lambaste,
- punish,
- zing,
- sting,
- lay a bad trip on,
- give no quarter,
- martyrize,
- go for jugular,
- lean on,
- vitiate,
- work over,
- abuse,
- cut to the quick,
- constrain,
- thumb nose at.
- cripple,
- batter,
- hack up,
- deface,
- deform,
- draw blood,
- cut up,
- contort,
- do in,
- maim,
- mutilate,
- mangle,
- impair,
- foul,
- mar,
- spoil,
- maltreat,
- blemish,
- blight,
- tarnish,
- distort,
- wax,
- undermine,
- disfigure,
- disable,
- total.
- disgruntle,
- be disagreeable,
- slur,
- repulse,
- antagonize,
- snub,
- transgress,
- sin,
- jar,
- repel,
- anger,
- slight,
- trespass,
- disoblige.
- tyrranize,
- prey on,
- Despotize,
- overcome,
- overthrow,
- rule,
- overwhelm,
- keep down,
- encumber,
- tax,
- put upon,
- put screws to,
- saddle,
- force,
- overpower,
- trample,
- subjugate,
- put the squeeze on,
- overload,
- smother,
- weigh heavy upon,
- crush,
- suppress.
- consume,
- plunder,
- exploit,
- devour,
- live off,
- seize,
- take advantage of,
- fleece,
- Depredate,
- feed on,
- blackmail.
- fag,
- burn out,
- yawn,
- fail,
- faint,
- grow weary,
- go stale,
- drop,
- jade,
- overtax,
- poop out,
- pall,
- overstrain,
- overburden,
- peter out,
- put to sleep,
- overwork,
- bush,
- crawl,
- sink,
- give out,
- wilt,
- wear out,
- fold,
- flag,
- wear.
- flip,
- craze,
- key up,
- indispose,
- incapacitate,
- floor,
- turn on,
- adjy,
- lay up,
- rock the boat,
- derange,
- throw off balance.
- glut,
- leave one cold,
- have had enough,
- fall off,
- try the patience of,
- tucker out,
- tire out,
- take it out of,
- cloy,
- grow tired,
- drowse,
- enfeeble,
- fade,
- lose interest,
- make discontented,
- cause ennui.
How to use "Dis-tress" in context?
If someone has a large amount of stress reigning in his or her life, it can have a negative impact on overall health and well being. Too much stress can lead to increased anxiety, depression and physical illnesses. It's important to take steps to relieving some of the stress in one's life as soon as possible. In fact, many people find that simply taking some time for oneself every day can help tremendously. Here are some helpful tips on how to reduce stress in one's life:
1. Set realistic goals for yourself and strive for them one step at a time.
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