noun · countable / uncountable · common

distress

distress · distresses

горе, страждання, лихо, загроза

беда, горе, несчастье, бедствие

Not, Kummer, Unbehagen, Bedrängnis

Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute naturePhysical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.

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/dɪˈstɹɛs/

» The ship's captain ordered the radio operator to send a distress signal.

Капитан корабля приказал радисту послать сигнал о помощи.

Капитан корабля отдал приказ радисту отправить сигнал бедствия.

Meaning

6 senses

(countable, uncountable)Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
Bedrängnis, Elend, Not
(countable, uncountable)A cause of such discomfort.
Kummer, Bedrängnis, Drangsal
го́реgóre, беда́bedá, несча́стьеnesčástʹje
гореhore, лихоlyxo, стражданняstraždannja
(countable, uncountable)Serious danger.
a ship in distress
Not, Notlage, Seenot
бе́дствиеbédstvije, беда́bedá
небезпекаnebezpeka, загрозаzahroza
a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
(countable, uncountable)An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
maladaptive Coping
(countable, uncountable)A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
(countable, uncountable)The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

Examples

101 sentences

The ship's captain ordered the radio operator to send a distress signal.
ruКапитан корабля приказал радисту послать сигнал о помощи.
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I was distressed to see Tom so unhappy.
ruЯ был очень огорчён, когда увидел, что Том так несчастен.
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It was extremely distressing.
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Tom was very distressed.
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It was very distressing.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

(cause of) discomfort:

serious danger:

Русский

By meaning 2

(cause of) discomfort:

serious danger:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.:

(cause of) discomfort:

serious danger:

medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress:

Origin

The verb is from Middle English distressen, from Old French destrecier (“to restrain, cons

The verb is from Middle English distressen, from Old French destrecier (“to restrain, constrain, put in straits, afflict, distress”); compare French détresse. Ultimately from Medieval Latin as if *districtiō, an assumed frequentative form of Latin distringō (“to pull asunder, stretch out”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō (“to draw tight, strain”).

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