1. distress - Noun
2. distress - Verb
Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.
That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.
The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.
The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
To compel by pain or suffering.
To seize for debt; to distrain.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOriginally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien Source: Internet
the death of his wife caused him great distress Source: Internet
the patient appeared to be in distress Source: Internet
a ship in distress Source: Internet
she was the classic maiden in distress Source: Internet
The news of her child's illness distressed the mother Source: Internet