Synonym: afflict, agonize, bother, disturb, hurt, pain, torment, torture, trouble, upset. Antonym: comfort, consolation, relief, solace. Similar words: stress, actress, district, distract, distribute, distribution, streak, stream. Meaning: [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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151. She is also entitled to damages for her mental distress caused by the solicitors' negligence.
152. The Family Shelter meets the needs of families in distress.
153. Social distress - a restricted, inadequate or disturbed individual whose social performance is in some way leading to personal difficulties.
154. At the end of the treatment, Charlotte showed no signs of distress.
155. The investigation of firing showed that it certainly didn't help healing, causing the horse considerable distress for no good reason.
156. Acute schizophrenia can severely impair mothering skills when maternal distress leads to distraction and neglect.
157. Symptoms of panic attacks can include chest pain and abdominal distress.
158. The concurrence of threatening life events and psychosocial distress may partly explain these phenomena.
159. Whether you are experiencing physical pain, mental anguish or emotional distress, you will feel it deeply at the time.
160. Local distress funds continued to be raised in periods and places of acute distress, although they came increasingly under government control.
161. Whilst it is true that some mentally handicapped people suffer distress, this is equally true of other people in society.
162. It shows some one in obvious mental distress and gives a strong message that the nurse has a positive job to do.
163. I quite understand that this implication has caused offence or distress to some people, for which I apologise.
164. A woman as passive and yet responsive as she was could well suffer emotional distress which she would not overtly express.
164. Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
165. But even the theme of agricultural distress is subordinate to the attack on Godwin's belief that property is evil.
166. They had the effect of diminishing the force of the decree, to the distress of non-Catholic observers.
167. She faced the tragedy with courage, acting with dignity even though she was obviously in great distress.
168. Deep inside she seemed to have been waiting like some long-ago damsel in distress, waiting for her knight to rescue her.
169. The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. Thomas Paine
170. The seven malicious referrals were a cause of great concern, particularly given the amount of distress caused to the families investigated.
171. This event commonly causes considerable distress to the woman involved.
172. Flights in close quarters can also lead to back pain, swollen ankles, leg cramps and psychological distress.
173. The poor beast flew round and round above my head in considerable distress.
174. Adding to physiological disturbances is the psychological distress that is invariably involved.
175. Feelings and situations which some people cope with adequately can become quite unbearable for others. Social distress arises directly from self-image.
176. This time I left it up to my patient to decide which area of her life was causing her the most distress.
177. The tiny sound of distress broke the spell and spurred Grant into action.
178. On a neighbouring farm, Derek Hinde has spent three weeks answering distress calls on the radio.
179. Throughout the whole exercise the Puffer was in a state of obvious distress, but did not inflate.
180. When I came back and found the cottage demolished, naturally in distress and amazement, I asked around in the village.
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