distress
verb/dɪˈstres/
/dɪˈstres/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they distress | /dɪˈstres/ /dɪˈstres/ |
| he / she / it distresses | /dɪˈstresɪz/ /dɪˈstresɪz/ |
| past simple distressed | /dɪˈstrest/ /dɪˈstrest/ |
| past participle distressed | /dɪˈstrest/ /dɪˈstrest/ |
| -ing form distressing | /dɪˈstresɪŋ/ /dɪˈstresɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody feel very worried or unhappy
- distress somebody It was clear that the letter had deeply distressed her.
- distress yourself Don't distress yourself (= don't worry).
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French destresce (noun), destrecier (verb), based on Latin distringere ‘stretch apart’.
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