Word of the day - 19.07.2021

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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