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distress

noun: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"

noun: a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"

noun: extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"

noun: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"

verb: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

verb: cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"


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distress

Length: 8 letters

Scrabble value: 9

Words with Friends value: 9

Literati value: 8

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