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Distresses

(Cause of) discomfort.

📖 Definitions of "Distresses"

noun
  1. 1

    (Cause of) discomfort.

  2. 2

    Serious danger.

  3. 3

    An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.

  4. 4

    A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.

verb
  1. 1

    To cause strain or anxiety to someone.

  2. 2

    To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.

  3. 3

    To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.

    "She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room."

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