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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
"Many of our London-based supporters were travelling home on that train following our match at the City Ground, and our thoughts are very much with everyone caught up in such a distressing incident," added Forest.
Microphones recorded 21 distress calls from the robin, followed by 23 minutes of chewing as the bat flew low, feeding on the wing.
“You can’t compare it to any other episode, any other period, any other set of events in American history. It is unique and radically novel in distressing ways,” Rakove said.
In a statement after the death of his grandson, Academy-Award winner De Niro said he was "deeply distressed" by the passing of his "beloved grandson", who was the only child of his daughter Drena.
In a July 2023 statement, “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Raging Bull” star De Niro said, “I’m deeply distressed by the passing of my beloved grandson Leo.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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