Vocabulary : Distream to Distributed
Distream : To flow.Distress : Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends. ;; That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery. ;; A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc. ;; The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc. ;; The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction. ;; To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable. ;; To compel by pain or suffering. ;; To seize for debt; to distrain.
Distressed : of Distress
Distressedness : A state of being distressed or greatly pained.
Distressful : Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation.