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distress
noun as in pain, agony
Strong matches
- ache
- affliction
- anguish
- anxiety
- blues
- care
- concern
- cross
- dejection
- desolation
- disappointment
- discomfort
- disquietude
- dolor
- embarrassment
- grief
- headache
- heartache
- heartbreak
- irritation
- malaise
- misery
- mortification
- ordeal
- pang
- perplexity
- sadness
- shame
- sorrow
- stew
- suffering
- throe
- torment
- torture
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- twinge
- unhappiness
- vexation
- visitation
- woe
- worriment
- worry
- wretchedness
Weak matches
noun as in hardship, adversity
Strong matches
verb as in worry, upset
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Fulton sued Weston for assault, battery, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
A spokesperson for the UN human rights office, Thameen Al-Kheetan, said on Tuesday that reports were continuing to emerge of the "distressing scale of the violence".
Gable and his crew of men tie up a distressed horse while an equally distressed Monroe watches.
Mr Appleton, of Springfield Road in Windsor, pleaded not guilty to one count of stalking causing serious alarm or distress.
Earlier, prosecutor Sabrina Sahota had told the court Beesla had called a friend "in a distressed state" in the early hours of 10 December and said he had hit something in the road.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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