What is another word for distress?
2388 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪstɹˈɛs], [ dɪstɹˈɛs], [ d_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈɛ_s]
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Similar words for distress:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- adversity (noun)
- affliction (noun)
- aggravation (noun)
- alarm (noun)
- anxiety (noun)
- anxiousness (noun)
- bad news (noun)
- bitterness (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)
- distraint (noun)
- emergency (noun)
- exigency/exigence (noun)
- fear (noun)
- gloom (noun)
- glumness (noun)
- grief (noun)
- grievance (noun)
- gripe (noun)
- hardship (noun)
- hardship, adversity (noun)
- heartache (noun)
- heartbreak (noun)
- heavy-heartedness (noun)
- hopelessness (noun)
- hurt (noun)
- injury (noun)
- lack (noun)
- malaise (noun)
- martyrdom (noun)
- misery (noun)
- misfortune (noun)
- ordeal (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- pain (noun)
- pain, agony (noun)
- passion (noun)
- penitence (noun)
- pity (noun)
- poverty (noun)
- predicament (noun)
- pressure (noun)
- privateer (noun)
- punishment (noun)
- sadness (noun)
- shock (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)
- worry (noun)
- afflict (verb)
- agonize (verb)
- alarm (verb)
- annoy (verb)
- bother (verb)
- concern (verb)
- depress (verb)
- disagree (verb)
- discomfort (verb)
- discourage (verb)
- dishearten, dispirit (verb)
- dismay (verb)
- disquiet (verb)
- disturb (verb)
- embarrass (verb)
- emotion (verb)
- excruciate (verb)
- exercise (verb)
- fret (verb)
- get (verb)
- gnaw (verb)
- harass (verb)
- hurt (verb)
- injure (verb)
- offend (verb)
- oppress (verb)
- pain (verb)
- persecute (verb)
- prey on (verb)
- punish (verb)
- sadden (verb)
- shake (verb)
- social (verb)
- tire (verb)
- torment (verb)
- trouble (verb)
- upset (verb)
- weary (verb)
- worry (verb)
- worry, upset (verb)
- wound (verb)
- other synonyms
- alarm
- confuse
- confusion
- depress
- disagree
- dismay
- gnaw
- injure
- other relevant words
- pain
- pinch
- weary
- worry
Synonyms for Distress:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
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•
- happy.
- poorness,
- rainy day,
- contretemps,
- misfortune,
- misadventure,
- bad luck,
- tragedy,
- curse,
- hard luck,
- disaster,
- casualty,
- hard times,
- catastrophe,
- peril,
- blight,
- burden,
- destitution,
- bane,
- mishap.
- fore bodings,
- heebie jeebies,
- mis giving,
- dis-quietude,
- mis-giving,
- dis-quietudes,
- mis trust,
- fretfulnesses,
- allovers,
- fore-boding,
- un certainty,
- dis quietudes,
- fore boding,
- cold sweats,
- nailbiting,
- all overs,
- un-certainty,
- mis-trust,
- mis-trusts,
- nailbitings,
- fore-bodings,
- mis trusts,
- un-certainties,
- dis quietude,
- un certainties,
- pins needles,
- nail-bitings,
- ants pants,
- worriments,
- heebiejeebies,
- Nail Biting,
- nail bitings.
- cabin-fever,
- climbing the wall,
- Claustrophobias,
- temporary insanities,
- climbing wall,
- climbing walls,
- winter blue.
- mis adventures,
- holy messes,
- unholy messes,
- mis chance,
- mis-adventure,
- mis-chance,
- mis adventure,
- mis-adventures,
- blue ruins,
- mis-chances,
- mis chances.
- gloominess,
- dreariness,
- cheerlessness,
- dispiritedness,
- the blues,
- woefulness,
- lugubriosity,
- blahs,
- bleakness,
- Abjectness,
- melancholia,
- Melancholias,
- abjection,
- Disconsolation,
- lowness,
- unhappiness,
- the blue,
- heaviness of heart.
- dis advantage,
- de-privations,
- dis possession,
- de privation,
- dis advantages,
- de-privation,
- de privations,
- dis possessions,
- with-holding,
- with holding,
- dis-advantage,
- dis-possession,
- dis-possessions,
- with-holdings,
- with holdings,
- divestments,
- dis-advantages.
- adverse fate,
- disillusionments,
- nonsuccess,
- non-success,
- unfulfillment,
- lack of success,
- the knocks.
- dis-comforts,
- dis pleasure,
- in-quietude,
- in-quietudes,
- dis comfort,
- dis comforts,
- dis-pleasures,
- un-pleasantnesses,
- in quietudes,
- un pleasantnesses,
- dis-comfort,
- dis-pleasure,
- dis pleasures,
- un-pleasantness,
- un pleasantness,
- in quietude.
- dis satisfactions,
- dis approval,
- dis likings,
- dis taste,
- dis liking,
- dis inclination,
- dis-approval,
- in dispositions,
- dis-tastes,
- dis tastes,
- dis favors,
- dis-relishes,
- dis-satisfaction,
- dis approvals,
- in-disposition,
- dis satisfaction,
- malcontentments,
- dis relishes,
- dis-favor,
- querulousnesses,
- dislikings,
- dis-approvals,
- dis-inclination,
- dis favor,
- dis relish,
- dis-satisfactions,
- dis-taste,
- dis-relish,
- dis-inclinations,
- dis-liking,
- in-dispositions,
- dis-favors,
- dis inclinations,
- dis-likings,
- in disposition.
- re-pining,
- repinings,
- deplorings,
- re morses,
- re morse,
- be moaning,
- in-felicity,
- in felicities,
- re pining,
- in-felicities,
- bemoanings,
- lamentings,
- bewailings,
- re-morses,
- be-moaning,
- be-wailing,
- in felicity,
- be wailing,
- re-morse.
- indigence,
- crunch,
- ticklish spot,
- pickle,
- bummer,
- can of worms,
- need,
- tough luck,
- hard knocks,
- rigor,
- drag,
- jam,
- downer,
- straits,
- privation,
- want.
- dis services,
- black blue,
- mis-chiefs,
- ill treatment,
- black and blue,
- black and blues,
- dis-services,
- mis chief,
- mis-chief,
- illtreatment,
- dis service,
- dis-service,
- black blues,
- illtreatments,
- ill-treatments,
- mis chiefs.
- in dignities,
- in-dignity,
- in-dignities,
- in jury,
- in juries,
- de-formations,
- de formations,
- de formation,
- in dignity,
- de-formation,
- in-jury,
- in-juries.
- retrenchments,
- exiguity,
- retrenchment,
- slightness,
- shortness,
- shrinking,
- scantiness,
- Insufficience,
- shortfall.
- in-firmnesses,
- in firmnesses,
- unhealthinesses,
- infirmnesses,
- un healthiness,
- un-healthiness,
- in-firmness,
- un healthinesses,
- in firmness,
- un-healthinesses,
- sicklinesses.
- morbidity,
- heavyheartedness,
- care,
- heaviness,
- hard time,
- sorrow,
- Infirmness,
- waterworks,
- demandingness,
- emergency,
- willies,
- lachryma,
- blue ruin,
- dolor,
- fretfulness,
- injury,
- ill-treatment,
- calvary,
- jeremiad,
- sob act,
- rue,
- hooha,
- pain,
- passion,
- downheartedn,
- pang,
- requirements,
- anvil chorus,
- privateer,
- anguish,
- malcontents,
- solicitousness,
- alarm,
- unhealthiness,
- boo-boo,
- grievance,
- disconcertion,
- Infelicities,
- ants in pants,
- eye-openers,
- big trouble,
- gloom,
- sorrowfulness,
- unholy mess,
- Divestment,
- stew,
- gripe,
- molestation,
- grievousness,
- temporary insanity,
- hurt,
- anxiousness,
- reference,
- in justice,
- booboo,
- ill treatments,
- excruciation,
- worry,
- impalement,
- pessimism,
- wonts,
- moodiness,
- uphill battle,
- mournfulness,
- martyrdom,
- malaise,
- disconsolateness,
- purgatory,
- stupefaction,
- sadness,
- trouble,
- penitence,
- adversity,
- pensiveness,
- Acrimoniousness,
- pressure,
- egg on face,
- heavy-heartedness,
- topsyturvy,
- sores,
- low spirits,
- mutilations,
- needfulness,
- misery,
- trying time,
- disquiet,
- whammy,
- bombshell,
- to do,
- fear,
- discomfort,
- affliction,
- shyness,
- tribulation,
- Cryings,
- calamity,
- tough break,
- scar,
- criticalness,
- stink,
- mistrust,
- hardship,
- shake-up,
- painfulness,
- deprivation,
- Uncertainties,
- shock,
- teardrop,
- nail-biting,
- wailing,
- matter,
- bitterness,
- deep trouble,
- tender loving care,
- pity,
- bad news,
- saturninity,
- Downcastness,
- eye-opener,
- disappointment,
- queasiness,
- Sickliness,
- scrape,
- flacks,
- boo-boos,
- poverty,
- worst,
- Cross-road,
- ordeal,
- dissatisfaction,
- urgency,
- screw-up,
- molestations,
- dismals,
- heartbreak,
- booboos,
- concern,
- woe,
- cold sweat,
- Downs,
- Seasonal Affective Disorder,
- climbing the walls,
- heavy heart,
- infelicity,
- big stink,
- Exigencies,
- flack,
- knot,
- BADS,
- grief,
- butterfly,
- strait,
- up set,
- awkward situation,
- wrath,
- malcontentment,
- cabin fever,
- claustrophobia,
- grumble,
- injustice,
- Morbidities,
- requirement,
- faux pas,
- winter blues,
- bombshells,
- meltdown,
- heartache,
- cross-roads,
- wound,
- bereavement,
- choke point,
- anxiety,
- cross to bear,
- penury,
- broken heart,
- holy mess,
- upset,
- suffering,
- inhibition,
- lamentation,
- embarrassment,
- needs,
- lack,
- difficulty,
- imperativeness,
- withholdings,
- self-consciousness,
- wretchedness,
- deformation,
- severe test,
- infirmity,
- sad,
- important matter,
- trial,
- bother,
- querulousness,
- glumness,
- abashment,
- groan,
- the dumps,
- Cruciation,
- worriment,
- depression,
- Butterflies,
- mutilation,
- encumbrance,
- pressingness,
- agony,
- torture,
- forlornness,
- pother,
- weepings,
- Traumatism,
- SADS,
- references,
- full court press,
- hard knock,
- catatonia,
- tight spot,
- TODO,
- messes,
- predicament,
- timidity,
- predicaments,
- flurry,
- turmoil,
- meltdowns,
- unease,
- anhedonia,
- interestedness,
- teardrops,
- deformations,
- aggravation,
- unrest,
- rotten luck,
- flare up,
- pestering.
- smarting,
- chafing,
- sore,
- infliction,
- stitch,
- sting,
- burn,
- irritation,
- cramp,
- inflammation,
- throb,
- earache,
- crick,
- ache,
- throe,
- spasm,
- Back Ache,
- bruise,
- stab,
- bite,
- Migraine,
- wrench.
- out break,
- in tensity,
- out-bursts,
- out breaks,
- out bursts,
- out-breaks,
- in-tensity,
- out-break,
- flareup,
- out-burst,
- out burst.
- self-flagellation,
- self-punishment,
- self-reproach,
- Penitency,
- self-castigation,
- self-condemnation,
- ruefulness,
- remorsefulness.
- pauperism,
- dearth,
- paucity,
- Beggarliness,
- pennilessness,
- impoverishment,
- bankruptcy,
- mendicancy,
- asceticism,
- insolvency,
- famine,
- insufficiency,
- tenuity,
- homelessness.
- reprisal,
- retribution,
- forfeiture,
- persecution,
- penalty,
- castigation,
- revenge,
- imprisonment,
- verdict,
- judgment,
- crucifixion,
- payment,
- execution,
- punishment,
- confinement,
- correction,
- incarceration,
- chastisement,
- price.
v.
• afflict (verb) • agonize (verb)- sang the blues,
- sang blues,
- stewed over,
- stewing over,
- sings blues,
- ate heart out,
- takes badly,
- sung the blues,
- take badly,
- eats heart out,
- sung blues,
- took badly,
- sing blues,
- took it badly,
- taking badly,
- singing blues,
- taking it badly,
- takes it badly,
- eating heart out,
- sings the blues,
- stews over.
- sur-prises,
- makes jump,
- un nerved,
- scares death,
- giving a turn,
- sur-prised,
- scaring to death,
- un-nerving,
- scaring death,
- sur prising,
- scared death,
- sur prise,
- un-nerves,
- gave turn,
- gives turn,
- scaring silly,
- gives a turn,
- gave a turn,
- scares to death,
- un nerving,
- made jump,
- sur prises,
- give turn,
- scares silly,
- sur-prising,
- scare death,
- giving turn,
- sur-prise,
- un nerves,
- making jump,
- un-nerve,
- scaring stiff,
- un nerve.
- be-leaguered,
- dis-pleasing,
- pushes button,
- art at,
- were on the back of,
- be leaguering,
- is the back of,
- be devil,
- be-devil,
- dis pleased,
- t-offed,
- be leaguered,
- be back of,
- hitting where lives,
- ex asperate,
- be-leaguer,
- t-offs,
- dis pleasing,
- ex-asperates,
- were the back of,
- hits where one lives,
- be devils,
- be on back of,
- are on back of,
- toffing,
- am the back of,
- dis pleases,
- being the back of,
- wast on back of,
- burns up,
- are at,
- t off,
- art the back of,
- were back of,
- ex asperates,
- burnt up,
- hits where lives,
- works on,
- were at,
- be-devilling,
- wert the back of,
- made waves,
- be deviling,
- ex asperating,
- is at,
- being on back of,
- is back of,
- wert back of,
- am at,
- firing up,
- ex-asperating,
- t-offing,
- am on the back of,
- t offing,
- hitting where one lives,
- making waves,
- be devilled,
- be leaguer,
- being on the back of,
- pushing button,
- ticking off,
- be-devilled,
- asks for it,
- wast back of,
- be devilling,
- wert at,
- wast on the back of,
- wrought on,
- hit where lives,
- is on back of,
- ex-asperated,
- be deviled,
- ticks off,
- t offed,
- be-devils,
- am on back of,
- heating up,
- be the back of,
- wert on back of,
- asking for it,
- be-leaguering,
- being at,
- be-deviling,
- be-deviled,
- wast the back of,
- were on back of,
- be leaguers,
- asked for it,
- art back of,
- ex-asperate,
- being back of,
- was on the back of,
- wert on the back of,
- be-leaguers,
- dis-pleases,
- toffed,
- dis please,
- was at,
- are the back of,
- dis-please,
- are back of,
- t offs,
- wast at,
- was on back of,
- pushed button,
- am back of,
- dis-pleased,
- are on the back of,
- is on the back of,
- was the back of,
- was back of.
- dis-commodes,
- dis-concert,
- dis gusted,
- carped at,
- ex acerbate,
- dis commodes,
- dis gust,
- dis-gusts,
- dis gusting,
- carping at,
- dis concerting,
- dis-gusting,
- grated on,
- carps at,
- dis-gusted,
- dis-concerting,
- dis gusts,
- dis-commode,
- ex acerbating,
- ex acerbated,
- dis concerts,
- dis-gust,
- ex-acerbated,
- dis concert,
- ex-acerbates,
- dis concerted,
- intrudes upon,
- intruding upon,
- ex acerbates,
- ex-acerbating,
- grates on,
- intrudes up on,
- picks on,
- dis-concerts,
- intruding up on,
- grating on,
- ex-acerbate,
- dis-concerted,
- intruded upon,
- dis commode,
- intrude up on,
- intruded up on.
- being relevant to,
- becomes involved,
- pertained to,
- is relevant to,
- became involved,
- art relevant to,
- applying to,
- making anxious,
- wast relevant to,
- makes uneasy,
- becoming involved,
- made uneasy,
- applies to,
- are relevant to,
- was relevant to,
- makes anxious,
- pertains to,
- taking pains,
- took pains,
- were relevant to,
- am relevant to,
- wert relevant to,
- making uneasy,
- made anxious,
- takes pains.
- de-base,
- de-solating,
- dis heartened,
- throwing cold water on,
- de-vitalized,
- co wing,
- de-based,
- de pressed,
- de base,
- de-solates,
- threw cold water on,
- throws cold water on,
- reducing tears,
- de pressing,
- co-wed,
- de-presses,
- de solated,
- de-grade,
- de-graded,
- de-pressed,
- de basing,
- de-vitalize,
- dis heartening,
- de based,
- de vitalized,
- de vitalizing,
- de solates,
- reduced tears,
- reduced to tears,
- de press,
- reduces to tears,
- casts down,
- de-grading,
- de-vitalizing,
- dis-heartened,
- co wed,
- de-solate,
- turns one off,
- dis-heartening,
- turned one off,
- dis hearten,
- keeping under,
- de vitalizes,
- dis-hearten,
- beating down,
- bumming out,
- bums out,
- re-duces,
- re duce,
- reduces tears,
- re-duce,
- beats down,
- co-wing,
- de presses,
- re duces,
- reducing to tears,
- de solate,
- de grading,
- turning one off,
- de-basing,
- dis heartens,
- de graded,
- de vitalize,
- de-grades,
- de grades,
- de-vitalizes,
- de grade,
- de-pressing,
- de-press,
- de-solated,
- de solating,
- reduce tears,
- dis-heartens.
- are disturbing,
- is unsuitable,
- dis-agree,
- were unsuitable,
- dis-agreeing,
- am distasteful,
- wast disturbing,
- being disturbing,
- go against grain,
- goes against the grain,
- going against the grain,
- is distasteful,
- being unsuitable,
- was unsuitable,
- wert distasteful,
- art sickening,
- were disturbing,
- dis agrees,
- is sickening,
- went against grain,
- art unsuitable,
- is disturbing,
- makes ill,
- went against the grain,
- dis-agreed,
- are distasteful,
- was disturbing,
- wast unsuitable,
- dis-agrees,
- was sickening,
- wast sickening,
- goes against grain,
- made ill,
- being distasteful,
- wert sickening,
- dis agree,
- making ill,
- am disturbing,
- wast distasteful,
- being sickening,
- dis agreeing,
- was distasteful,
- dis agreed,
- going against grain,
- wert unsuitable,
- am unsuitable,
- wert disturbing,
- are sickening,
- were distasteful,
- am sickening,
- are unsuitable,
- were sickening.
- dis-composing,
- made uncomfortable,
- dis composes,
- dis-compose,
- dis-comforting,
- dis comfit,
- makes uncomfortable,
- dis composing,
- making uncomfortable,
- dis-comfits,
- dis compose,
- dis-comforted,
- dis composed,
- dis-composes,
- dis comforted,
- dis comforting,
- dis-comfit,
- dis comfits,
- dis-composed.
- broke heart,
- dis-courage,
- break heart,
- broke one heart,
- breaking one heart,
- re presses,
- over awing,
- broke ones heart,
- broke one's heart,
- brake one heart,
- brake one's heart,
- over-awes,
- de-moralizes,
- de-moralizing,
- breaks one's heart,
- over-awed,
- de moralizing,
- break ones heart,
- dis courage,
- dis courages,
- breaks ones heart,
- over awe,
- over awed,
- de-moralized,
- dis-courages,
- re press,
- de moralize,
- re pressed,
- breaking heart,
- breaking one's heart,
- over-awing,
- re-presses,
- breaks heart,
- de moralized,
- over-awe,
- brake ones heart,
- re-pressing,
- break one heart,
- over awes,
- de-moralize,
- re pressing,
- brake heart,
- de moralizes,
- breaking ones heart,
- breaks one heart.
- dis-mayed,
- throwing in to a tizzy,
- be-wilder,
- dis-maying,
- dis illusioned,
- un-hinge,
- throws in to tizzy,
- gat to,
- dis-mays,
- be wildered,
- be wildering,
- un hinge,
- threw into a tizzy,
- threw into tizzy,
- dis-illusioned,
- throws into tizzy,
- snafuing,
- be-wildering,
- throw in to a tizzy,
- throw in to tizzy,
- dis-may,
- throwing into a tizzy,
- throwing into tizzy,
- threw in to tizzy,
- throwing in to tizzy,
- un hinges,
- gotten to,
- un hinging,
- be-wilders,
- dis may,
- un hinged,
- un-hinges,
- dis maying,
- mucking up,
- throws into a tizzy,
- be wilders,
- un-hinging,
- be-wildered,
- throws in to a tizzy,
- threw in to a tizzy,
- un-hinged,
- be wilder,
- mucks up,
- dis mayed,
- dis mays.
- in commodes,
- dis-quieted,
- dis-quieting,
- dis quieted,
- in-commode,
- un settles,
- un settle,
- un settled,
- un-settling,
- un-settled,
- dis quieting,
- un-settle,
- in-commodes,
- in commode,
- un settling.
- inter fere,
- ex cite,
- inter feres,
- ex-cited,
- out rages,
- out raged,
- dis-tracts,
- ex-cites,
- ex cited,
- ex-cite,
- out raging,
- ex citing,
- ex cites,
- dis tract,
- out-rage,
- inter-fere,
- out-raging,
- dis-tract,
- inter-feres,
- dis tracts,
- out-rages,
- out-raged.
- putting a hole,
- putting on the spot,
- puts in hole,
- puts out countenance,
- gives a hard time,
- put the spot,
- gave hard time,
- put spot,
- makes monkey of,
- put on spot,
- putting a spot,
- putting on spot,
- putting out of countenance,
- puts out of countenance,
- dis countenancing,
- hangs up,
- puts a spot,
- put in spot,
- puts in a spot,
- dis countenanced,
- dis-countenance,
- giving hard time,
- makes a monkey of,
- gave bad time,
- giving a bad time,
- put out countenance,
- putting in hole,
- give bad time,
- catches short,
- puts the spot,
- give hard time,
- puts a hole,
- putting out countenance,
- catching short,
- putting in a hole,
- hanging up,
- put hole,
- dis countenances,
- putting in a spot,
- putting the spot,
- made a monkey of,
- caught one short,
- dis-countenances,
- puts spot,
- putting in spot,
- puts on the spot,
- puts in a hole,
- catching one short,
- put a spot,
- putting hole,
- puts in spot,
- hanged up,
- gives a bad time,
- catches one short,
- puts on spot,
- put a hole,
- giving bad time,
- gives hard time,
- making a monkey of,
- dis-countenancing,
- put in hole,
- gave a hard time,
- gave a bad time,
- dis countenance,
- making monkey of,
- make monkey of,
- catch short,
- giving a hard time,
- puts hole,
- gives bad time,
- dis-countenanced,
- made monkey of.
- pre occupies,
- pre occupy,
- pre-occupies,
- pre-occupy,
- pre occupying,
- pre occupied,
- pre-occupied,
- pre-occupying.
- gets nerves,
- gat on nerves,
- gotten on nerves,
- gets on nerves,
- getting on nerves,
- got on nerves,
- get nerves,
- got nerves,
- gat nerves,
- gotten nerves,
- getting nerves.
- prey on one mind,
- prey one mind,
- preying on one's mind,
- beleaguing,
- preying on mind,
- preying one mind,
- preyed on one's mind,
- be-league,
- prey on ones mind,
- be leaguing,
- be league,
- be-leagues,
- prey on mind,
- beleagues,
- preyed mind,
- preying one's mind,
- preys on one's mind,
- beleagued,
- preys one mind,
- preying mind,
- preying ones mind,
- preyed one's mind,
- be leagues,
- be-leagued,
- preyed one mind,
- preys on mind,
- be leagued,
- be-leaguing,
- preys one's mind,
- preys on one mind,
- eating at,
- preyed on mind,
- preyed ones mind,
- prey ones mind,
- preys ones mind,
- preying on one mind,
- preyed on ones mind,
- preys on ones mind,
- preying on ones mind,
- prey one's mind,
- preys mind,
- preyed on one mind,
- prey mind.
- jerks around,
- rattles one's cage,
- rattle cage,
- rattles cage,
- rattling cage,
- rattling one's cage,
- de spoils,
- de-spoiling,
- de spoiling,
- rattling ones cage,
- de spoil,
- rattled cage,
- jerking around,
- noodging,
- rattle ones cage,
- de-spoils,
- de-spoiled,
- de-spoil,
- de spoiled,
- noodged,
- rattled one's cage,
- rattling one cage,
- rattle one cage,
- rattled one cage,
- rattles one cage,
- rattled ones cage,
- rattles ones cage.
- leaned on,
- cutting quick,
- thumbed nose at,
- gave no quarter,
- cuts the quick,
- lays bad trip on,
- laid bad trip on,
- wrought over,
- goes for jugular,
- laying bad trip on,
- cutting to the quick,
- lay bad trip on,
- works over,
- cut quick,
- cuts quick,
- going for jugular,
- cut to quick,
- zinged,
- giving no quarter,
- thumbs nose at,
- cuts to the quick,
- laying a bad trip on,
- cut the quick,
- gives no quarter,
- leans on,
- cutting to quick,
- cuts to quick,
- lays a bad trip on,
- thumbing nose at,
- cutting the quick,
- went for jugular,
- laid a bad trip on,
- leant on.
- de-form,
- drew blood,
- under mined,
- drawing blood,
- de forms,
- dis-figured,
- de face,
- dis figures,
- de-faced,
- dis torts,
- de faces,
- under-mining,
- hacked up,
- dis-torts,
- de-face,
- dis-figuring,
- DE Form,
- dis figuring,
- dis-figure,
- de-faces,
- under-mined,
- de-formed,
- de faced,
- draws blood,
- hacking up,
- dis-figures,
- dis figured,
- de-forming,
- de-forms,
- dis figure,
- de-facing,
- hacks up,
- dis tort,
- de facing,
- dis-tort,
- de formed,
- de forming,
- under mining.
- dis obliging,
- art disagreeable,
- are disagreeable,
- dis oblige,
- were disagreeable,
- re pulsing,
- dis-oblige,
- dis obliged,
- wast disagreeable,
- was disagreeable,
- being disagreeable,
- dis obliges,
- re pulses,
- re-pulses,
- dis-obliges,
- wert disagreeable,
- dis-obliged,
- re-pulsed,
- re pulsed,
- re-pulsing,
- dis-obliging,
- am disagreeable,
- is disagreeable.
- over whelms,
- over powering,
- over whelmed,
- weighing heavy up on,
- over coming,
- over powers,
- over comes,
- despotizes,
- over-powering,
- over-power,
- despotizing,
- over-comes,
- over-throws,
- putting up on,
- keeps down,
- over-loading,
- over come,
- put up on,
- over loading,
- weighs heavy upon,
- over-loads,
- over-throwing,
- putting squeeze on,
- over-throw,
- tyrranized,
- over throws,
- tyrranizing,
- weighed heavy up on,
- over-thrown,
- weighing heavy upon,
- over-powered,
- over-whelm,
- puts up on,
- over powered,
- over-whelming,
- keeping down,
- over loaded,
- over thrown,
- weigh heavy up on,
- over-whelmed,
- over load,
- weighs heavy up on,
- puts upon,
- over-loaded,
- over-load,
- putting the squeeze on,
- over-whelms,
- putting upon,
- over throwing,
- tyrranizes,
- over throw,
- over whelming,
- sub jugate,
- over whelm,
- putting screws to,
- weighed heavy upon,
- over-coming,
- despotized,
- puts screws to,
- over loads,
- puts squeeze on,
- puts the squeeze on.
- is ones case,
- drave wall,
- driving the wall,
- wast on one's case,
- wast on case,
- wert case,
- wert ones case,
- were one case,
- is on one case,
- are ones case,
- driving up wall,
- drive wall,
- were on one's case,
- driving wall,
- wast on ones case,
- are one's case,
- wert on one's case,
- be on case,
- wert on ones case,
- is on case,
- were one's case,
- be on one case,
- are on one's case,
- is one case,
- am on ones case,
- am on case,
- being on case,
- am on one's case,
- art case,
- wast ones case,
- be one case,
- drave the wall,
- were case,
- drives up wall,
- is on ones case,
- wast on one case,
- am one case,
- wert one case,
- drives the wall,
- drove wall,
- wast one's case,
- being ones case,
- be case,
- are on ones case,
- am on one case,
- were on ones case,
- be one's case,
- was on ones case,
- drave up wall,
- wast one case,
- drive up wall,
- was one's case,
- is case,
- were on one case,
- be ones case,
- be on ones case,
- drove the wall,
- am one's case,
- art one's case,
- being on one's case,
- was on case,
- art ones case,
- being one case,
- was one case,
- am case,
- driving up the wall,
- wert on case,
- was on one case,
- drove up wall,
- was on one's case,
- is on one's case,
- were ones case,
- drave up the wall,
- wast case,
- are on one case,
- was ones case,
- are on case,
- drove up the wall,
- being one's case,
- being case,
- drives wall,
- drives up the wall,
- being on one case,
- drive the wall,
- wert on one case,
- was case,
- am ones case,
- were on case,
- ill treat,
- are case,
- being on ones case,
- are one case,
- wert one's case,
- is one's case.
- de-predate,
- lives off,
- lived off,
- de-predating,
- de-predates,
- de predating,
- de predated,
- de predate,
- de-predated,
- de predates,
- took advantage of,
- living off.
- confine,
- chastise,
- Keelhaul,
- chasten,
- crucify,
- castigate,
- lambaste,
- reprise,
- incarcerate,
- execute,
- sentence,
- fine,
- correct,
- penalize,
- imprison,
- discipline,
- pillory,
- punish,
- avenge,
- judge.
- made blue,
- putting damper on,
- dragged down,
- puts in to funk,
- dampens spirits,
- drags down,
- puts into funk,
- putting into a funk,
- putting in to a funk,
- brings one down,
- makes blue,
- put in to funk,
- putting into funk,
- puts into a funk,
- puts in to a funk,
- bringing one down,
- putting a damper on,
- brought one down,
- puts damper on,
- putting in to funk,
- dampening spirits,
- put in to a funk,
- dampened spirits,
- making blue,
- puts a damper on,
- put into funk.
- throws curve,
- knocks props out,
- un string,
- throwing curve,
- un strung,
- un strings,
- knocking props out,
- throws a curve,
- threw a curve,
- throwing a curve,
- un-string,
- throw curve,
- threw curve,
- unstrings,
- un-stringed,
- un stringed,
- un-strung,
- knocked props out,
- un stringing,
- unstringed,
- un-strings,
- un-stringing.
- over strained,
- put sleep,
- over taxing,
- putting sleep,
- over burdening,
- over-strains,
- over straining,
- over working,
- over strains,
- grows weary,
- ennuiing,
- over burden,
- over-strain,
- went stale,
- puts sleep,
- over-taxing,
- over tax,
- growing weary,
- over taxes,
- over-burdened,
- over-works,
- over-strained,
- goes stale,
- over strain,
- going stale,
- over-straining,
- over taxed,
- over-worked,
- over works,
- over worked,
- over-taxes,
- over burdened,
- over-burdens,
- over-burdening,
- over burdens,
- over-tax,
- over-taxed.
- mis-treated,
- rub salt wound,
- played cat and mouse,
- puts through wringer,
- rubbed salt wound,
- rubbing salt in wound,
- drove bananas,
- mis treating,
- driving bananas,
- rubbing salt wound,
- drave bananas,
- playing cat mouse,
- mis-treat,
- play cat mouse,
- playing cat and mouse,
- mis treats,
- mis treated,
- mis treat,
- drives bananas,
- mis-treats,
- plays cat mouse,
- rubs salt wound,
- played cat mouse,
- plays cat and mouse,
- putting through wringer,
- rubs salt in wound,
- rubbed salt in wound.
- made a scene,
- made a fuss,
- made scene,
- imposed on,
- made fuss,
- imposing on,
- imposes on,
- make fuss,
- making scene,
- making a fuss,
- make scene,
- makes a scene,
- makes fuss,
- making fuss,
- making a scene,
- makes scene,
- makes a fuss.
- in capacitate,
- threw balance,
- throwing off balance,
- keys up,
- de ranging,
- in-dispose,
- adjied,
- in disposes,
- de-ranged,
- in-capacitated,
- adjying,
- up-setting,
- threw off balance,
- keying up,
- de-range,
- in-disposes,
- indisposes,
- in disposing,
- in-capacitating,
- de-ranges,
- up setting,
- in capacitated,
- adjies,
- rock boat,
- throw balance,
- in-disposed,
- in disposed,
- in capacitates,
- in capacitating,
- in dispose,
- de-ranging,
- throwing balance,
- in-capacitate,
- de range,
- in-disposing,
- de ranged,
- de ranges,
- throws balance.
- leaved one cold,
- having had enough,
- takes it out of,
- has had enough,
- leaving one cold,
- taking out of,
- grew tired,
- hath had enough,
- tuckering out,
- taking it out of,
- leaved cold,
- caused ennui,
- makes discontented,
- growing tired,
- trying the patience of,
- made discontented,
- haddest had enough,
- losing interest,
- tried the patience of,
- took out of,
- take out of,
- hast had enough,
- had had enough,
- leave cold,
- making discontented,
- grows tired,
- tuckers out,
- causes ennui,
- took it out of,
- loses interest,
- hadst had enough,
- tries patience of,
- leaves cold,
- causing ennui,
- left cold,
- left one cold,
- try patience of,
- leaves one cold,
- tried patience of,
- leaving cold,
- trying patience of,
- lost interest,
- tries the patience of,
- takes out of.
- hadst qualms,
- haddest qualms,
- bit nails,
- bites ones nails,
- bit one's nails,
- concerns oneself,
- hath qualms,
- has qualms,
- concerning oneself,
- feels uneasy,
- biting ones nails,
- bites one's nails,
- bit ones nails,
- felt uneasy,
- bit one nails,
- bite one nails,
- concerned oneself,
- sweated out,
- having qualms,
- bites one nails,
- gnawing at,
- biting one nails,
- sweats out,
- had qualms,
- bites nails,
- gnaws at,
- bite ones nails,
- gnawed at,
- hast qualms,
- feeling uneasy.
- do a number on,
- make it tough for,
- hound,
- push,
- plague,
- break,
- nit-pick,
- needle,
- push buttons,
- perplex,
- dog,
- pester,
- harry,
- weigh,
- desolate,
- discombobulate,
- peeve,
- bug,
- strap.
Other synonyms:
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- overcloud,
- vex,
- darkness,
- eat away at,
- exigency,
- faze,
- tingle,
- qualms,
- death wish,
- mess with,
- self-pity,
- tear apart,
- nerve,
- disquietude,
- dejection,
- niggle,
- pinprick,
- cark,
- remorse,
- paranoia,
- crisis of conscience,
- neuralgia,
- hot water,
- ruffle,
- hang over,
- midlife crisis,
- prickle,
- disenchantment,
- slough,
- tear up,
- weigh on,
- jitters,
- gnaw at,
- Exigence,
- heebie-jeebies,
- nauseate,
- discouragement,
- uncertainty,
- EINA,
- disillusionment,
- discontent,
- suspense,
- consternation,
- devastate,
- reek,
- agitation,
- psych out,
- foreboding,
- daunt,
- blues.
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•
- tension,
- assail,
- solicitude,
- knock out,
- uneasiness,
- loss,
- angst,
- screw up,
- aggrieve,
- oppression,
- get down,
- rejection,
- weigh down,
- haunt.
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•
- frighten,
- jangle,
- nervousness,
- conflict,
- puzzle.
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•
- stress,
- disturbance,
- void.
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•
- move.
- scares stiff,
- scared stiff,
- scared to death,
- scare to death,
- scare silly,
- scare stiff,
- give a turn,
- scared silly,
- make jump.
- get.
- throw cold water on,
- Damped,
- turn one off,
- keep under,
- beat down,
- cast down,
- DAMPS,
- keeps under,
- reduce to tears,
- bummed out,
- Dulling,
- dulls,
- Damping,
- casting down,
- bum out,
- kept under.
- took aback,
- mystified,
- mystify,
- get to,
- throw into tizzy,
- getting to,
- taking aback,
- gets to,
- throw into a tizzy,
- snafued,
- muck up,
- mucked up,
- takes aback,
- take aback,
- got to.
- feeding on,
- knock props out,
- catch one short,
- Struggled,
- Deviling,
- puts to sleep,
- irk,
- heated up,
- keyed up,
- cut to the quick,
- rack,
- provoke,
- excruciate,
- heckling,
- buffaloed,
- stirring up,
- exacerbate,
- dumped on,
- give out,
- toffs,
- adjy,
- be disagreeable,
- eating,
- putting spot,
- sadden,
- traumatize,
- eat heart out,
- injure,
- afflict,
- bushing,
- put into a funk,
- put to sleep,
- tick off,
- burning up,
- embarrass,
- intrude upon,
- embarrassing,
- play cat and mouse,
- put screws to,
- wince,
- work over,
- irritates,
- dump on,
- try,
- nag,
- eat,
- torment,
- dragoon,
- keep down,
- agonize,
- go stale,
- tire,
- live off,
- give a hard time,
- offend,
- oppress,
- make a fuss,
- put on the spot,
- unstringing,
- get on nerves,
- leaning on,
- put out of countenance,
- put in a spot,
- heckle,
- working on,
- Despotize,
- makes waves,
- dragoons,
- worked over,
- martyrize,
- PSYCH,
- hurt one's feelings,
- Devilled,
- Nettles,
- become involved,
- jerk around,
- pick on,
- burn up,
- overawes,
- give a bad time,
- perturb,
- Dragooned,
- grow weary,
- overtax,
- Illtreat,
- put a damper on,
- henpecked,
- unstring,
- FAGS,
- fire up,
- Fretting,
- overtaxing,
- put in a hole,
- take pains,
- work on,
- writhing,
- gnaw,
- Devilling,
- Winced,
- ail,
- ask for it,
- spite,
- make anxious,
- Overstrained,
- throws off balance,
- heat up,
- Deviled,
- eaten,
- molest,
- persecute,
- dismay,
- Pothered,
- forayed,
- Overstraining,
- downing,
- buffalo,
- foraying,
- be on one's case,
- apply to,
- ticked off,
- overtaxed,
- harass,
- indispose,
- make uneasy,
- throw a curve,
- jerked around,
- burned up,
- hit where one lives,
- martyrized,
- impose on,
- overburdened,
- caught short,
- Fagging,
- putting to sleep,
- drive bananas,
- troubling,
- harrow,
- hang up,
- Harassing,
- put the squeeze on,
- strain,
- martyrizing,
- be on the back of,
- overstrains,
- Dragooning,
- break one's heart,
- stir up,
- Martyring,
- lament,
- hurt feelings,
- make a monkey of,
- martyrizes,
- fret,
- heats up,
- downed,
- be at,
- lean on,
- bring one down,
- kept down,
- flip out,
- over-wrought,
- boned,
- put squeeze on,
- depress,
- make blue,
- lay a bad trip on,
- weigh heavy upon,
- put damper on,
- fag,
- impeded,
- be set,
- Pothering,
- overawe,
- dampen spirits,
- saddled,
- gall,
- zinging,
- ridden,
- grieve,
- prey on,
- carp at,
- Boning,
- drive up the wall,
- exercise,
- go for jugular,
- Saddling,
- overawed,
- overtaxes,
- grew weary,
- put upon,
- pertain to,
- make waves,
- singing the blues,
- take it badly,
- rub salt in wound,
- psychs,
- tyrranize,
- miff,
- noodges,
- wounded,
- stew over,
- hinders,
- disturb,
- put through wringer,
- unstrung,
- pinch,
- make a scene,
- throw off balance,
- pertaining to,
- disagree,
- give no quarter,
- Racked,
- rattle one's cage,
- worked on,
- torturing,
- stirred up,
- over-burden,
- drag down,
- troubled,
- key up,
- stirs up,
- toff,
- psyching,
- Indisposing,
- fires up,
- sing the blues,
- make uncomfortable,
- noodge,
- applied to,
- weary,
- dragging down,
- Martyred,
- Buffaloes,
- Plaguing,
- working over,
- be relevant to,
- overstrain,
- shake,
- harassed,
- grate on,
- Overawing,
- ill-treat,
- thumb nose at,
- needling,
- fagged,
- ennuied.
How to use "Distress" in context?
Distress, at its simplest definition, is feeling concerned, upset, or upset about something. Distress can arise from just about any situation, whether it's a problem at work, a fight with a friend, or a tough test.
Distress can be overwhelming and can cause a person to feel tense, anxious, and overwhelmed. When distress is chronic, it can lead to physical and mental problems.
There are many things that can cause distress, including personal problems, traumatic events, stress from life changes, and STRESSFUL LIFE EXPERIENCES.
Paraphrases for Distress:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
distressed, distressing.
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Proper noun, singular
hardship.
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Noun, singular or mass
hardship.
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Adjective
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Forward Entailment
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
anguish.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
constraints.
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Noun, singular or mass
adversity, alarm, disadvantage, disgrace, dismay, disorder, disturbance, mess, misfortune, nuisance, seizure, trouble, warning, prints, ill-feeling, overindebtedness, over-indebtedness.
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Proper noun, singular
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Adjective
helpless.
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Noun, singular or mass
affliction, agony, angst, anxiety, beacon, bewilderment, bitterness, calamity, concern, confusion, consternation, deprivation, desolation, despair, desperation, despondency, destitution, disarray, disaster, discomfort, dislocation, disquiet, disruption, embarrassment, emotion, frustration, grief, helplessness, hopelessness, inconvenience, malaise, misery, ordeal, penury, perdition, precariousness, predicament, regret, sadness, sorrow, squalor, suffering, trauma, trepidation, turbulence, turmoil, unease, uneasiness, unhappiness, unrest, upheaval.
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Adjective
Homophones for Distress:
- dextrose, dexterous, dysdercus, dextrous, diestrus, disastrous, dextrorse, dioestrous, destress, dustrag, diestrous.
Hypernym for Distress:
n.
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feeling
self-torture, torment, anguish, wound, self-torment, torture, tsoris.
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feeling
v.
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emotion
besiege.
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emotion
Hyponym for Distress:
n.
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feeling
pain, painfulness.
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state
hardship, hurting, pain, adversity, hard knocks.
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feeling
v.
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social
disoblige, incommode, bother, put out, discommode, inconvenience, trouble.
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social
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Sted
- Synonyms:
- boozify, check a parameter.
