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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
The Teenage Cancer Trust said the psychological distress from changes to appearance caused by cancer and treatment were often overlooked.
Making a claim to an insurance company can be worse than the distress of the original incident, according to Which?, as it launches a rare type of action against the sector.
The Times spoke with the Georgia resident who is suing the NFL for $100 million over the ‘severe emotional distress’ he says he suffered when Shedeur Sanders dropped in the draft.
I also saw a female residents screaming in distress over male carers doing intimate personal care, due to chronic staff shortages.
A distressing docufiction, the film is a candid dramatization of her emergency phone calls.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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