distress

n. extreme danger; trouble, hardship

v. upset, sadden, trouble, grieve; make a piece of furniture appear old, antique (by denting, scratching, painting, etc.)

The word distress has various meanings:-Distress is a kind of suffering.In medicine, distress is stress caused by adverse events.In Maritime and Aircraft terms, distress is defined as "grave and imminent danger to life or person or vessel or aircraft, needing immediate assistance".Distress is also used by Search and Rescue services to describe targets in adverse or critical conditions.Distress can also refer to the process whereby materials are worn down by time and natural forces.Distressing in woodworking and the decorative arts is the art of making furniture and household objects look old.In law, distress, or distraint, is the act of seizing goods to compel payment, or the goods thus seized.Distress is a novel by Greg Egan
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Noun
1. psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
(synonym) hurt, suffering
(hypernym) pain, painfulness
(hyponym) anguish, torment, torture
2. a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
(hypernym) adversity, hardship, hard knocks
(hyponym) anguish
3. extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
(hypernym) pain, 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"
(synonym) distraint
(hypernym) seizure
Verb
1. cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
(hypernym) disturb, upset, trouble
(hyponym) besiege
(derivation) hurt, suffering

(n.)
To seize for debt; to distrain.
  

(n.)
To compel by pain or suffering.
  

(n.)
To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
  

(n.)
The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
  

(n.)
Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.
  

(n.)
A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.