distress : /dɪˈstɹɛs/ (noun)
డిస్ట్రెస్
Meaning:
(Cause of) discomfort.
Serious danger.
2) (medicine) An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
3) (legal) A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
4) (legal) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
👉Used as Verb
distress
(simple present distresses,
present participle distressing;
simple past and past participle distressed)
Meaning:
To cause strain or anxiety to someone.
Synonyms:
anguish,
harrow,
trouble,
vex,
torment,
tantalize,
tantalise,
martyr
2) (legal) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.
3) To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.
Synonyms:
age,
antique,
patinate
Example:
She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room.
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