distresses

nounpain, agony
nounhardship, adversity
verbworry, upset

Synonyms for distresses

noun pain, agony

Antonyms for distresses

Word Origin & History

late 13c., "circumstance that causes anxiety or hardship," from Old French destresse, from Vulgar Latin *districtia "restraint, affliction, narrowness, distress," from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere "draw apart, hinder," also, in Medieval Latin "compel, coerce," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + stringere "draw tight, press together" (see strain (v.)). Meaning "anguish, suffering; grief" is from c.1300.

Example Sentences for distresses

My heart, as I have heretofore said, is a sincere sharer in all your distresses.

If well, whose modesty is it he distresses, but that of his own wife?

Everything that I have heard just now distresses me beyond measure.

What distresses him is to see that you have an aversion for him.

I will not lay my hands upon you again, since it distresses you.

Even of pictures, which bore me; even of music, which distresses me.

You are never the poorer for all the orphans you support, all the distresses you relieve.

I have alluded to the distresses of winter voyaging to Skye.

I went to visit the poor in their houses, assisting them in their distresses.

In these distresses Molly served him well, for she at least was universally loved.