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.
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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211. Edwards's uncle Joseph Hawley in distress searched his soul until the devil sent a despairing thought.
212. On a given distress signal from him, or from anyone close to him, I was to post them off.
213. Everyone has to benignly help people in distress.
214. Epigastric distress and melena were main symptoms.
215. Hurstwood, still tactful in distress, added nothing to this.
216. I transmitted a distress signal over the radio.
217. I gripe from habit than from genuine distress.
218. Men must like a damsel in distress, I decided.
219. The progressive congressman dressed in black stressed his distress.
220. OBJECTIVE To study the role of heart rate monitoring and examination in fetal distress prognosis.
221. And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
222. But all the time his left eyelid flickered a message of doubt and distress.
223. He had no right to abandon his commander-in-chief in distress.
224. It is a safe, comfortable and effective way to breathe oxygen in air compression cabin for the fewer occurrences of adverse effects of anxiety, depression, earache, chest distress.Sentence dictionary
225. Objective : To investigate the significance of detecting lactic acid fetal scalp blood for monitoring fetal distress.
226. David tells how in the beginning he kept silent, trying to conceal his unconfessed sins. The consequence was that even his physical body was in distress.
227. Chapter 31 - What Works in a Patient with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?
228. Objective: To observe the curative effect of early application of lung surfactant (PS) to prevent preterm infant from Respiratory Distress syndrome (RDS).
229. The immediate cause of G.M.'s distress, of course, is the surging price of oil, which has put a chill on the sale of gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles and trucks.
230. Results:The data showed that patients with severe PIH were easy to suffer from abruptio, placentae intrauterine growth retardation(IUGR), fetal distress and acute left heart failure.
231. Corporate restructuring often arises from the financial distress and the forfeit of debt paying ability.
232. The elevating book he elected provided eloquent facts that the elapsed time will eliminate our distress.
233. The fetal distress and neonatal asphyxia rate were lower in the study group ( P 0.05 ).
234. The sociologist Erving Goffman observed that there are few barriers to touching children we do not know: comforting them if they are in distress, touching them in a playful fashion when passing them.
235. Adolescent suicide is rarely an impulsive reaction to immediate distress.
236. Objective To investigate the effects of aerosolized perfluorocarbon(PFC) on gas exchanges, respiratory mechanics and hemodynamics in a swine model of acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS).
237. But the hard journey was nothing, compared with the tribulation and distress that came after it.
238. For vessel in distress with no installation, the field rescue director can fix a fake target.
239. The constable received a distress call, and saw two youths attacking his colleague.
240. Distress or seizure of property was the mode of satisfaction for breach of contract.
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