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distress
Synonyms and Antonyms of distress
- the upcoming bar exam is causing us considerable distress
- the survivors were in extreme distress after having been stranded on the island for a week with no food
affliction, agony, anguish, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, strait(s), torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe
- a ship in distress
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
- don't let all the bad news distress you
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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