ALL meanings of distresses
dis·tress
D d - noun distresses great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble. 1
- noun distresses a state of extreme necessity or misfortune. 1
- noun distresses the state of a ship or airplane requiring immediate assistance, as when on fire in transit. 1
- noun distresses that which causes pain, suffering, trouble, danger, etc. 1
- noun distresses liability or exposure to pain, suffering, trouble, etc.; danger: a damsel in distress. 1
- noun distresses Law. the legal seizure and detention of the goods of another as security or satisfaction for debt, etc.; the act of distraining. the thing seized in distraining. 1
- noun distresses to dent, scratch, or stain (furniture, lumber, or the like) so as to give an appearance of age. 1
- adjective distresses afflicted with or suffering distress: distress livestock; distress wheat. 1
- adjective distresses caused by or indicative of distress or hardship: distress prices; distress borrowing. 1
- verb with object distresses to afflict with great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; trouble; worry; bother. 1
- verb with object distresses to subject to pressure, stress, or strain; embarrass or exhaust by strain: to be distressed by excessive work. 1
- verb with object distresses to compel by pain or force of circumstances: His suffering distressed him into committing suicide. 1
- noun distresses Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distress. 1