Other Words for Distress

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Distress as a Adjective has these synonyms:

anguish, anxiety, affliction, angst, grief, misery, torment, ache, pain, suffering, agony, torture, woe, woefulness, wretchedness, unhappiness, sorrow, sadness, depression, heartache, desolation
Example: It is impossible to imagine the distress of a bereaved parent.

Distress as a Noun has these synonyms:

bother, disturb, perturb, upset, trouble, worry, harrow, harry, vex, harass, plague, oppress, grieve, torment, torture, afflict
Example: The thought of Miss Camberley as a hostage distressed us all.

calamity, trouble, adversity, catastrophe, tragedy, misfortune, difficulty, hardship, straits, trial, disaster
Example: Has he no sympathy for the distresses that have beset his people.

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