Synonyms for Dis-tresses:

• n.

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

• v.

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

Antonyms for Dis-tresses:

• n.

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

• v.

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