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distress [n]

1)	psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"

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hurt suffering

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pain suffer ache hurt anguish self-torment tsoris wound

2)	a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"

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adversity anguish pressure throe

3)	extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"

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hurting

4)	the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landloard's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"

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distraint

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seizure

distress [v]

1)	cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"

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disturb besiege

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