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distress
Synonyms and Antonyms of distress
1
a state of great suffering of body or mind
affliction, agony, anguish, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, strait(s), torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe
2
the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil
Synonym Discussion of distress
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- the hurricane put everyone in great distress
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- the suffering of famine victims
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- the homeless live with misery every day
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- in agony over the death of their child
distress
Synonyms and Antonyms of distress
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
aggravate, anger, annoy, bug, chafe, chivy (or chivvy), exasperate, fret, gall, get, grate, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put off, put out, rile, vex
abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, jar, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shake up
daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, unnerve
calm, compose, quiet, settle, soothe, tranquilize (also tranquillize)
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