Synonyms of distresses

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noun

plural of distress

as in pains

a state of great suffering of body or mind

the upcoming bar exam is causing us considerable distress

the survivors were in extreme distress after having been stranded on the island for a week with no food

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pains
• agonies
• miseries
• anguishes
• torments
• tortures
• woes
• tribulations
• straits
• sorrows
• hurts
• discomforts
• pangs
• afflictions
• hardships
• travails
• racks
• dangers
• troubles
• heartbreaks
• excruciations
• heartaches
• difficulties
• emergencies
• aches
• rigors
• asperities
• crosses
• crucibles
• trials
• throes
• stitches
• twinges
• jeopardies
• pinches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• comforts
• consolations
• solaces
• eases
• alleviations
• reliefs
• securities
• assuagements
• peaces
• well-beings

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verb

present tense third-person singular of distress

as in disturbs

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

don't let all the bad news distress you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbs
• bothers
• worries
• distracts
• concerns
• alarms
• angers
• unsettles
• plagues
• agitates
• upsets
• haunts
• annoys
• discomforts
• disquiets
• distempers
• ails
• dismays
• irritates
• perturbs
• confuses
• unhinges
• undoes
• exercises
• derails
• frazzles
• aggravates
• embarrasses
• exasperates
• discomposes
• fusses
• rattles
• freaks (out)
• alarums
• bugs
• flurries
• vexes
• weirds out
• harasses
• irks
• hagrides
• chafes
• pesters
• discourages
• riles
• harries
• bedevils
• disconcerts
• mortifies
• piques
• peeves
• flusters
• grates
• frets
• confounds
• galls
• nettles
• discomfits
• chivvies
• disheartens
• puts off
• unnerves
• fazes
• discountenances
• gets
• demoralizes
• puts out
• nonplusses
• chivies
• daunts
• dispirits
• abashes
• jars
• shakes up
• nonpluses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothes
• calms
• composes
• quiets
• settles
• alleviates
• allays
• assuages
• tranquilizes
• tranquillizes
• appeases
• pacifies
• mollifies
• conciliates
• placates
• propitiates