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distresses
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
It distresses me especially in the last few days that they may have been deprived of the opportunity to be adopted by our family.
In the meantime the Marquis of Chandos had brought forward the distresses of the agriculturists.
But the point, the acme of my distresses, consisted in the awful uncertainty of our final fate.
"That's the thought that distresses me," retorted the doctor.
It does not possess the means of alleviating its own distresses, much less of assisting others to any considerable extent.
Many were the difficulties and distresses into which her imprudent choice brought her before the end of the month.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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