Distress | Mean of distress in English Dictionary

/dɪˈstrɛs/

  • Noun
  • unhappiness or pain
    1. Citizens voiced their distress over delays in fixing the problem.
    2. The patient showed no obvious signs of distress.
    3. He suffered severe emotional distress as a result of the accident.
    4. The new drug can cause abdominal/gastric distress. [=stomach pain]
    5. a cry of distress
    6. He was clearly in distress [=very upset] upon hearing the news.
  • a very difficult situation in which you do not have enough money, food, etc.
    1. She's chosen to devote her life to helping those in distress. [=in trouble, in need]
    2. Donations were given to families in (financial) distress.
  • a state of danger or desperate need
    1. The ship was in distress. [=the ship was possibly going to sink]
    2. The Coast Guard responded to the ship's distress signal/call. [=signal or call for help]
  • Verb
  • to worry or upset (someone)
    1. The news distressed [=disturbed] her.
    2. I was distressed to learn that the hospital had closed.

Những từ liên quan với DISTRESS

concern, perplexity, affliction, headache, heartbreak, anguish, blues, shame, dejection, pang, desolation
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