Grade 8

distress

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(dis-tress) 2 syllables

Definition

noun. great pain or suffering. it can also mean worry or anxiety.

Example Sentence

Lizzy has arthritic pain which causes her distress.

More Example Sentences

The news caused him much distress today.

Synonyms

suffering; pain; anxiety

Antonyms

comfort; relief; happiness

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Rhymes

  • bess
  • besse
  • bless
  • bress
  • bresse
  • ches
  • chess
  • cress
  • crests
  • dress
  • es
  • ess
  • esse
  • fess
  • fests
  • gess
  • gless
  • gress
  • guess
  • guests'
  • guests
  • hess
  • hesse
  • jess
  • kess
  • kless
  • kness
  • kress
  • kresse
  • les
  • less
  • mess
  • nes
  • ness
  • pesce
  • pless
  • press
  • press'
  • presse
  • ques
  • ress
  • s
  • s.
  • stress
  • tess
  • tress
  • vess
  • wes
  • yes

  • address
  • aggress
  • assess
  • attests
  • bequests
  • caress
  • compress
  • confess
  • contests
  • depress
  • digests
  • digress
  • distress
  • divests
  • egress
  • ellesse
  • etess
  • excess
  • express
  • express'
  • finesse
  • fluoresce
  • forbess
  • fs
  • impress
  • infests
  • invests
  • l'express
  • largesse
  • ls
  • lutece
  • lyness
  • molests
  • noblesse
  • obsess
  • oppress
  • possess
  • profess
  • progress
  • protests
  • recess
  • redress
  • regress
  • repress
  • requests
  • retests
  • siese
  • simplesse
  • success
  • suggests
  • suppress
  • transgress
  • ts
  • undress
  • unless
  • us
  • vs

  • abs
  • acquiesce
  • ccs
  • coalesce
  • convalesce
  • cps
  • cus
  • dispossess
  • dss
  • ers
  • ins
  • las
  • lcs
  • nonetheless
  • oas
  • pos
  • reassess
  • reinvests
  • repossess
  • uss
  • uys

  • abts
  • adss
  • cmos
  • hces
  • kjos
  • nevertheless
  • stds
  • tcas
  • ws