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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
Warning: This report contains details that some readers may find distressing.
“It’s distressing to us when she says that she’s going to have to drop out of school,” Cardona said.
He added that he has "an awful lot of sympathy for the staff members who would have had to come upon that scene and how distressing that must have been".
In a video screen recording shared with the BBC, from the WhatsApp group used by some of them, the men express their distress about their movements in the war zone.
"I can only imagine the distress and pain that has been caused to the individuals and their families and the loss of trust and confidence in us as an organisation."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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