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Sentence count:249+16Posted:2016-08-07Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: afflictagonizebotherdisturbhurtpaintormenttorturetroubleupsetAntonym: comfortconsolationreliefsolaceSimilar words: stressactressdistrictdistractdistributedistributionstreakstreamMeaning: [dɪ'stres]  n. 1. psychological suffering 2. a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) 3. extreme physical pain 4. the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim. v. cause mental pain to. 
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121. Furthermore, in 1975 an executive who suffered emotional distress after being demoted was awarded £500 compensation.
122. As you can imagine, this causes us a great deal of humiliation and emotional distress.
123. Three hours later, to our puzzlement, a small fishing boat scurried up in our wake, firing red distress rockets.
124. Should none of these treatments work and other fish shows signs of distress, it is probably kinder to painlessly destroy.
125. Relief from physical distress is the first priority, but it is not the ultimate goal.
126. The onset of bladder dysfunction ... leads to considerable distress and embarrassment.
127. The glum symptoms range from junk-bond distress to the destruction of wealth caused by falling property values and the thrifts debacle.
128. All this causes great distress through ignorance of the nature of the disease and the way it is transmitted.
129. Over the years industrial capitalist society has been casting off many of the more obvious outward signs of inner distress.
130. Of course a horse's physical needs have to be satisfied to avoid psychological distress too.
131. The clergy are seen as above criticism in their religious statements, and such criticism can cause considerable distress to many people.
132. Suddenly your grown-up veneer gives way to a childlike sensitivity that causes you to feel-within minutes-wonderful happiness and acute distress.
133. In times of unemployment and distress flax and hemp for spinning were distributed to the villagers.
134. These people suffer the same reactions as they did when diagnosed the first time,[www.Sentencedict.com] but with deeper levels of distress.
135. And those in swing districts may well be in deep distress as national Republican fortunes falter.
136. But this time, the voices were not in the distress of agony that had been heard in the reception area.
137. During this initial period it will be necessary to use whatever methods appear appropriate to deal with the patient's distress.
138. The analysis will also take into account the psychological distress resulting from unemployment, which is known to vary considerably by country.
139. Cameron did not satisfy the state law requirements to support a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
140. Often there are no tour guides and travellers are getting lost, or returning with spiritual, mental and sometimes physical distress.
141. However, in the short run, Gdynia was more than capable of causing the Danzigers severe economic distress and genuine hardship.
142. An X-ray showed that's lungs hadn't fully matured and that he was suffering respiratory distress syndrome.
143. With the distress and disturbance it's going to cause, they might as well close it off altogether.
144. During the weeks directly afterwards he confided his distress in Keith Gregory and it established a strong bond between them.
145. Ten minutes later it sent out a distress call saying two of its four engines caught fire.
146. The eyes of those suffering from brain damage showed a most profound distress.
147. Rain hissed all around it ... and now Pearce was screaming in agony and distress.
148. A consultant paediatrician said the bruising would have caused a degree of distress when inflicted but it would have been temporary.
149. Inflation, around 12%[sentencedict.com], is lowish but bothersome. Economic distress need not bring unrest.
150. Associations have been shown between low packed cell volume or red cell volume, or both, and the respiratory distress syndrome.
More similar words: stressactressdistrictdistractdistributedistributionstreakstreamstretchstreetstretch outstrengthenmainstreamdisturbdistantdistinctobstreperouspressdistancedress upministryimpressaddresspress forresistdisturbingdistinctiondistinctiverestrictchemistry
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