distress
n. கடுந்துன்பம்., வேதனை, வருத்தம், இக்கட்டு இன்னல் வருந்தந்தரும் செய்தி, இடையூறு, இடுக்கண் இடர்பாடு, பேரிழப்பு, அவலநிலை, கைமாறு, அருவாய்ப்புக் கேடு, நிரப்பு, கொடுவறுமை, சட்டப்படியான உடைமைக் கைப்பற்றீடு, ஊக்க அழிவு, கடுந்தளர்வு, (வினை) வேதனை கொடு, துன்புறுத்து, கடுந்துளரளி, இடுக்கட்படுத்து, பெருந்தொல்லை உண்டுபண்ணு, சட்டப்படி உடைமை கைப்பற்று, நடவடிக்கை எடு.
Synonyms
trouble, trial, grief, pain, disease, misery, hardship, sorrow#verb disturb, vex, agitate, confuse, perplex, distress, annoy, harass,tease, molest, grieve, mortify, oppress #noun affliction, disturbance, annoyance, perplexity, molestation,vexation, inconvenience, calamity, distress, uneasiness,tribulation, disaster, torment, misfortune, adversity, anxiety,embarrassment, sorrow, misery, grief, depression, difficulty, labor,toil, effort
Antonyms
consolation, relief, alleviation, assuagement, more_(or,positively#verb compose, calm, allay, appease, please, soothe, delight, gratify,recreate, entertain, relieve, refresh #noun alleviation, composure, pleasure, appeasement, delight,assuagement, happiness, gratification, boon, blessing, exultation,joy, gladness, ease, facility, luck, recreation, amusement,carelessness, indifference, indolence, inertia, indulgence
Dis*tress", n. Etym: [OE. destresse, distresse, OF. destresse, destrece, F. détresse, OF. destrecier to distress, (assumed) LL. districtiare, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere. See Distrain, and cf. Stress.] 1. Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends. Not fearing death nor shrinking for distress. Shak. 2. That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery. Affliction's sons are brothers in distress. Burns. 3. A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc. 4. (Law) (a) 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. (b) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction. Bouvier. Kent. Burrill. If he were not paid, he would straight go and take a distress of goods and cattle. Spenser. The distress thus taken must be proportioned to the thing distrained for. Blackstone. Abuse of distress. (Law) See under Abuse. Syn. -- Affliction; suffering; pain; agony; misery; torment; anguish; grief; sorrow; calamity; misfortune; trouble; adversity. See Affliction. Dis*tress", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Distressing.] Etym: [Cf. OF. destrecier. See Distress, n.] 1. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. 2 Cor. iv. 8. 2. To compel by pain or suffering. Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of duty. A. Hamilton. 3. (Law) Defn: To seize for debt; to distrain. Syn. -- To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict; worry; annoy.