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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Distress" Definition
noun
Acute physical discomfort.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Anxiety or mental suffering.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Law The act of distraining or seizing to compel payment.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Law The goods thus seized.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Physical deterioration, as of a highway, caused by hard use over time: pavement distress.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
adjective
Offered for sale at a loss .
Source: Merriam-Webster
Involving distress goods .
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-transitive
Archaic To constrain or overcome by harassment.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Law To hold the property of (a person) against the payment of debts.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to. See Synonyms at trouble.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To mar or otherwise treat (an object or fabric, for example) to give the appearance of an antique or of heavy prior use: "There are the fakes—new rugs which have been intentionally distressed for an older look” ( Hatfield MA Valley Advocate).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To subject to great strain or difficulties .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To force or overcome by inflicting pain.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To cause to worry or be troubled .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To mar (as clothing or wood) deliberately to give an effect of age .
Source: Merriam-Webster
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