Meaning of "distress" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DISTRESS

From Old French destresse distress, via Vulgar Latin, from Latin districtus divided in mind.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DISTRESS

distress  [dɪˈstrɛs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISTRESS

Distress is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb distress in English.

WHAT DOES DISTRESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of distress in the English dictionary

The first definition of distress in the dictionary is to cause mental pain to; upset badly. Other definition of distress is to subject to financial or other trouble. Distress is also to damage, as by scratching or denting it, in order to make it appear older than it is.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISTRESS

PRESENT

Present

I distress

you distress

he/she/it distresses

we distress

you distress

they distress

Present continuous

I am distressing

you are distressing

he/she/it is distressing

we are distressing

you are distressing

they are distressing

Present perfect

I have distressed

you have distressed

he/she/it has distressed

we have distressed

you have distressed

they have distressed

Present perfect continuous

I have been distressing

you have been distressing

he/she/it has been distressing

we have been distressing

you have been distressing

they have been distressing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I distressed

you distressed

he/she/it distressed

we distressed

you distressed

they distressed

Past continuous

I was distressing

you were distressing

he/she/it was distressing

we were distressing

you were distressing

they were distressing

Past perfect

I had distressed

you had distressed

he/she/it had distressed

we had distressed

you had distressed

they had distressed

Past perfect continuous

I had been distressing

you had been distressing

he/she/it had been distressing

we had been distressing

you had been distressing

they had been distressing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will distress

you will distress

he/she/it will distress

we will distress

you will distress

they will distress

Future continuous

I will be distressing

you will be distressing

he/she/it will be distressing

we will be distressing

you will be distressing

they will be distressing

Future perfect

I will have distressed

you will have distressed

he/she/it will have distressed

we will have distressed

you will have distressed

they will have distressed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been distressing

you will have been distressing

he/she/it will have been distressing

we will have been distressing

you will have been distressing

they will have been distressing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would distress

you would distress

he/she/it would distress

we would distress

you would distress

they would distress

Conditional continuous

I would be distressing

you would be distressing

he/she/it would be distressing

we would be distressing

you would be distressing

they would be distressing

Conditional perfect

I would have distress

you would have distress

he/she/it would have distress

we would have distress

you would have distress

they would have distress

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been distressing

you would have been distressing

he/she/it would have been distressing

we would have been distressing

you would have been distressing

they would have been distressing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you distress
we let´s distress
you distress

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to distress

Past participle

distressed

Present Participle

distressing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DISTRESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «distress» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of distress

adversity · afflict · affliction · agitate · agonize · agony · anguish · anxiety · bother · calamity · danger · desolation · destitution · difficulties · difficulty · discomfort · disconcert · dismay · disturb · endangerment · faze · fluster · grief · grieve · harass · hardship · harrow · heartache · indigence · jeopardy · misery · misfortune · need · pain · peril · perplex · perturb · poverty · privation · risk · sadden · sadness · sorrow · straits · suffering · torment · torture · trial · trouble · upset · woe · worry · wound · wretchedness

TRANSLATION OF DISTRESS

Find out the translation of distress to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of distress from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «distress» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 悲痛
• Translator English - Spanish: angustia
• English: distress
• Translator English - Hindi: संकट
• Translator English - Arabic: استغاثة
• Translator English - Russian: бедствия
• Translator English - Portuguese: aflição
• Translator English - Bengali: distraughtly
• Translator English - French: détresse
• Translator English - Malay: Distraughtly
• Translator English - German: Verzweiflung
• Translator English - Japanese: 悲嘆
• Translator English - Korean: 고뇌
• Translator English - Javanese: Distraughtly
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nạn
• Translator English - Tamil: distraughtly
• Translator English - Marathi: विचलितपणे
• Translator English - Turkish: distraughtly
• Translator English - Italian: angoscia
• Translator English - Polish: cierpienie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: лиха
• Translator English - Romanian: primejdie
• Translator English - Greek: αγωνία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: nood
• Translator English - Swedish: ångest
• Translator English - Norwegian: nød

10 QUOTES WITH «DISTRESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word distress.

1

Diane Abbott

Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue.

2

John Adams

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

3

Brigitte Bardot

My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it.

4

Martha Beck

All mental hygiene is based on the core practice of doing nothing. Most of us are good at wasting time, staring at the wall while telling ourselves we should be working. We call this doing nothing, but our brains are furiously active. We think constantly, and our thinking is often rife with distress.

5

William Blake

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.

6

Donna Brazile

Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer is to help people in distress.

7

Robert Burns

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

8

James F. Byrnes

Important as economic unification is for the recovery of Germany and of Europe, the German people must recognize that the basic cause of their suffering and distress is the war which the Nazi dictatorship brought upon the world.

9

Duane Chapman

When I was a child I liked watching shows about bounty hunters and Canadian Mounties. I liked the 'Lone Ranger,' I liked shows where the guy saved the girl from the villain. I just liked those kinds of things and I wanted to be a guy like that, you know, that would save the damsel in distress.

10

Steven Curtis Chapman

If only 7 percent of the 2 billion Christians in the world would care for a single orphan in distress, there would effectively be no more orphans. If everybody would be willing to simply do something to care for one of these precious treasures, I think we would be amazed by just how much we could change the world.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISTRESS»

Discover the use of distress in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to distress and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Social Causes of Psychological Distress

Originally published: New York: Aldine de Gruyter, c2003.

John Mirowsky, Catherine E. Ross, 2003

Corporate Financial Distress and Bankruptcy: Predict and ...

A comprehensive look at the enormous growth and evolution of distressed debt, corporate bankruptcy, and credit risk default This Third Edition of the most authoritative finance book on the topic updates and expands its discussion of ...

Edward I. Altman, Edith Hotchkiss, 2010

Discipline Without Distress: 135 Tools for Raising Caring, ...

Discipline that you and your child will feel good about!

Judy Arnall, 2007

The Delicate Distress

The Delicate Distress is one of the earliest novels to explore the psychology of characters who observe and reflect but engage in no grand public actions.

Mrs. Griffith (Elizabeth), Cynthia Booth Ricciardi, Susan Staves, 1997

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Forty-seven international specialists contribute 23 chapters documenting recent progress made in the research of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and clinical acute lung injury (ALI) at the molecular, cellular, and ...

Michael A. Matthay, 2003

Places of Refuge for Ships in Distress: Problems and Methods ...

By examining the problem of places of refuge for ships in distress and proposed solutions under international, national and regional law, Places of Refuge for Ships in Distress by Anthony Morrison highlights the need for further solutions ...

Anthony Morrison, 2012

Damsels Not in Distress: The True Story of Women in Medieval ...

Explores the roles played by women of various classes in medieval society, in the nobility, in the church, and in daily life and work.

Andrea Hopkins, 2004

Media and mental distress

This book draws upon the Group's most recent research in conjunction with Scotland's Health Education Board to investigate the processes that condition media images; to examine factual and fictional presentation of mental illness in the ...

Greg Philo, Glasgow University Media Group, 1996

Corporate Recovery: Managing Companies in Distress

An insightful book filled with practical advice on what to do with a corporation that is about to fail unless corrective action is taken.

Stuart St. P. Slatter, David Lovett, 1999

Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge ...

In this book,the author provides school counselors, administrators, teachers and parents with cutting-edge information on how to prevent and respond to cyberbullying and cyberthreats.

Nancy E. Willard, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISTRESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term distress is used in the context of the following news items.

Chinese Government Struggles in Attempt to Stem Distress in Stock …

BEIJING—The Chinese government struggled in vain Wednesday to prevent the distress in the country's stock markets from spreading, as it ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

Sprint Falls 8% After Analyst Warns of 'Financial Distress'

“If Sprint really is in severe financial distress, as we think they will be within a relatively short period of time, then it's possible that the ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»

This map shows which US states are in the most economic distress

The Economic Innovation Group (EIG) recently looked at which states had the highest percentage of their population living in economic distress ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»

State Board Of Education To Get Update On Distress Schools …

"There are some common threads that seem to run through those schools that are listed as being in distress and one of them is a lack of morale ... «KUAR, Jul 15»

Pangnirtung hunters found safe, sent distress signal by accident

Two Pangnirtung, Nunavut, hunters who unintentionally sent out distress signals Wednesday morning have been found safe. Jimmy Kullualik ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»

Govt. to launch helpline for women in distress

In an attempt to attend to the complaints of women in distress and help them out , the State government will soon launch a toll-free helpline ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»

POLICE: Woman found in distress

A 20-year-old Brockville woman was apprehended in a residence in the south end of the city under the Mental Health Act and taken to hospital ... «Brockville Recorder and Times, Jul 15»

Young woman in distress, taken to hospital: Brockville police

... change confab kicks off today · Young woman in distress, taken to hospital: Brockville police ... Young woman in distress, taken to hospital:. «www.insidebrockville.com/, Jul 15»

Watchdog slams council's wheelie bin decision which caused …

... to injustice” and that the resident had been caused “distress and upset” by being led to believe she would have to cope with wheelie bins. «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»

Value Investing Research: O-Score And Distress Risk

Book-to-Market Equity, Distress Risk, and Stock Returns, by Griffin and Lemmon (2002 Journal of Finance) investigate the relationship between ... «ValueWalk, Jul 15»