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distress

/dɪˈstɹɛs/
noun
  1. (Cause of) discomfort.

  2. Serious danger.

  3. An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.

Antonymseustress
verb
  1. To cause strain or anxiety to someone.

    Similar: anguish, harrow, martyr, tantalise, tantalize

  2. To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.

    Similar: distrain

  3. To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.

    "She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room."

    Similar: age, antique, patinate

Synonymsage, antique, patinate, anguish, harrow, martyr

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