Meaning

1 senses

  1. To put under duress; to pressure.

    Someone was duressing her.

    The small nation was duressed into giving up territory.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. A kiss under duress tastes bitter.

    ruПоцелуй по принуждению вкус имеет горький. — salikh

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  2. Yanni's personality changed because he was under such duress.

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  3. This contract was signed under duress and is therefore null and void.

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  4. He followed him under duress.

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  5. He was acting under duress.

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English duresse, from Old French duresse, from Latin dūritia (“hardn

Inherited from Middle English duresse, from Old French duresse, from Latin dūritia (“hardness”), from dūrus (“hard”).

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Forms

duresses, duressing, duressed, duressed
Base formduress · to duress
3rd person singularduresses
Present participleduressing
Past simpleduressed
Past participleduressed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyduress
he, she, itduresses

Past simpleLesson

all personsduressed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave duressed
he, she, ithas duressed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill duress

Word family

1 related words
Derivedduressor

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
durabilitydurableC1durationC1durianduringA2dusk

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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