DISTRESS


Meaning of DISTRESS in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ acute , considerable , deep , extreme , great , immense ( BrE ), severe , significant

▪ genuine , real

▪ obvious

▪ unnecessary ( esp. BrE )

▪ general

▪ emotional , mental , moral , personal , physical , psychological

the physical ~ of hunger

the personal ~ associated with unemployment

▪ economic , financial , social

The causes of social ~ include inadequate housing.

▪ marital , relationship (both AmE )

an unhappy young couple in acute relationship ~

VERB + DISTRESS

▪ cause (sb)

▪ experience , feel , suffer

the ~ that she felt when her parents argued

The animals suffer great pain and ~ when hunted.

▪ show (signs of)

She seemed calm and showed no signs of ~.

▪ hide

He tried to hide his ~, but the tremor in his voice was unmistakable.

▪ express

Hall expressed his ~ at the court's failure to uphold his rights.

▪ avoid

▪ alleviate , ease , reduce , relieve

▪ see , sense

She saw the ~ in Christy's eyes.

Sensing her ~, Luke walked over and patted her shoulder.

DISTRESS + NOUN

▪ call , signal

The sinking ship sent out a ~ call.

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

The child was clearly in ~.

a ship in ~

▪ to sb's ~

He dropped out of college, to his family's ~.

▪ ~ at

her obvious ~ at hearing such bad news

▪ ~ over

The president issued a statement expressing her ~ over the affair.

PHRASES

▪ a damsel in ~

medieval ballads about a knight saving a damsel in ~

▪ a source of ~

Getting old is a source of ~ to men as well as women.

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