- Types Of Speech
- You can use distress as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Distress
- A 2 syllables noun and 8 letters with the letters d, e, i, r, s, and t, 6 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters tr. Distress starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, di, dis, dist, distr, and the ending characters are s, ss, ess, ress, tress, . Distress is also a double consonant (ss) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landloard''s remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord''s lien"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Compound Words
- A compound word, distress has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are dis, and tress.
- School Grade
- Distress is set as a grade six word that starts with d, ends with s, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Distress in Pig Latin is said as "istressday or istressdway".
- Unigram
- d | i | s | t | r | e | s | s
- Bigram
- di | is | st | tr | re | es | ss
- Trigram
- dis | ist | str | tre | res | ess
- Quadrigram
- dist | istr | stre | tres | ress
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim;
"Originally distress was a landloard's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien" - psychological suffering;
"the death of his wife caused him great distress" - extreme physical pain;
"the patient appeared to be in distress" - a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need);
"a ship in distress";
"she was the classic maiden in distress"
- Verb Examples
- cause mental pain to;
"The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abashment | feeling embarrassed due to modesty |
| Abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment |
| Accent | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
| Acculturation | the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture" |
| Acerbity | a sharp and bitter manner |
| Ache | a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain |
| Aches And Pains | |
| Aching | a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain |
| Acrimony | a sharp and bitter manner |
| Adversity | a stroke of ill fortune a calamitous event "a period marked by adversities" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Distress
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Distress | the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim "Originally distress was a landloard''s remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord''s lien" |
View English words with the unique letters used in distress. Words With The Letters Deirst
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Seizure | the taking possession of something by legal process |
Distress Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With S
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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