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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈstɹɛs/ Audio: en-us-distress.ogg [US] Forms: distresses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: 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”). The noun is from Middle English distresse, from Old French destrece, ultimately also from Latin distringō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*streyg-}}, {{inh|en|enm|distressen}} Middle English distressen, {{der|en|fro|destrecier||to restrain, constrain, put in straits, afflict, distress}} Old French destrecier (“to restrain, constrain, put in straits, afflict, distress”), {{cog|fr|détresse}} French détresse, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{m|la|*districtiō}} *districtiō, {{der|en|la|distringō||to pull asunder, stretch out}} Latin distringō (“to pull asunder, stretch out”), {{m|la|dis-||apart}} dis- (“apart”), {{m|la|stringō||to draw tight, strain}} stringō (“to draw tight, strain”), {{inh|en|enm|distresse}} Middle English distresse, {{der|en|fro|destrece}} Old French destrece, {{der|en|la|distringō}} Latin distringō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} distress (countable and uncountable, plural distresses)
  1. Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.): бо́лка (bólka) [feminine] (Macedonian), стра́дање (strádanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), hūhi (Maori), bun (Turkish), kaygı (Turkish), sıkıntı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-distress-en-noun-ZL5wJEXB Disambiguation of 'Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.': 85 6 3 4 1 1
  2. A cause of such discomfort. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations ((cause of) discomfort): στενοχωρία (stenokhōría) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ἀνία (anía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ἄχος (ákhos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), συνοχή (sunokhḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مِحْنَة (miḥna) [feminine] (Arabic), aflicció [feminine] (Catalan), angoixa [feminine] (Catalan), angúnia [feminine] (Catalan), بێچارەیی (bêçareyî) (Central Kurdish), دڵ تەنگی (dill tengî) (Central Kurdish), ubehag [neuter] (Danish), druk [masculine] (Dutch), stress [feminine] (Dutch), angoro (Esperanto), tuska (Finnish), ahdinko (Finnish), détresse [feminine] (French), Kummer [masculine] (German), Bedrängnis [feminine] (German), Drangsal [feminine] (German), Bekümmerung [feminine] (German), 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 (aggwiþa) [feminine] (Gothic), 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃𐌻 (þreihsl) [neuter] (Gothic), αγωνία (agonía) [feminine] (Greek), συντριβή (syntriví) [feminine] (Greek), συμφορά (symforá) [feminine] (Greek), απελπισία (apelpisía) [feminine] (Greek), מוּעָקָה (mu'aqá) [feminine] (Hebrew), bánat (Hungarian), gyötrelem (Hungarian), (Hungarian), búbánat (Hungarian), óþægindi [neuter] (Icelandic), vaiva (Ingrian), angar [masculine] (Irish), crá [masculine] (Irish), angoscia [feminine] (Italian), pena [feminine] (Italian), miseria [feminine] (Italian), sconforto [masculine] (Italian), aerumna [feminine] (Latin), ма́ка (máka) [feminine] (Macedonian), бе́да (béda) [feminine] (Macedonian), ahotea (Maori), uhitea (Maori), āwangawanga (Maori), māteatea (Maori), auhi (Maori), auhitanga (Maori), pāpōuri (Maori), mswiɓa (Ngazidja Comorian), ubehag (Norwegian), desconforto [masculine] (Portuguese), suferință [feminine] (Romanian), го́ре (góre) [neuter] (Russian), беда́ (bedá) [feminine] (Russian), несча́стье (nesčástʹje) [neuter] (Russian), दुःख (duḥkha) [neuter] (Sanskrit), शोक (śoka) [masculine] (Sanskrit), क्लेश (kleśa) (Sanskrit), आपद् (āpad) [feminine] (Sanskrit), airc [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), distres [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), muka (Serbo-Croatian), aflicción [feminine] (Spanish), angustia [feminine] (Spanish), desasosiego [masculine] (Spanish), ansiedad [feminine] (Spanish), sinvivir (Spanish), dhiki (Swahili), obehag [neuter] (Swedish), bekymmer [neuter] (Swedish), ledsamhet [common-gender] (Swedish), sıkıntı (Turkish), mihnet (Turkish), cendere (Turkish), ızdırap (Turkish), bun (Turkish), kaygı (Turkish), горе (hore) [neuter] (Ukrainian), лихо (lyxo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), страждання (straždannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-distress-en-noun-tpdbk8J3 Disambiguation of '(cause of) discomfort': 5 86 2 2 3 2
  3. Serious danger. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (serious danger): беда (beda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), бедствие (bedstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), شڕ (şirr) (Central Kurdish), nødsituation (Danish), hätä (Finnish), merihätä (Finnish), détresse (French), Not [feminine] (German), Notlage [feminine] (German), Seenot [feminine, specifically] (German), κίνδυνος (kíndynos) [masculine] (Greek), baj (Hungarian), szorultság (Hungarian), szorult helyzet (Hungarian), megszorultság (Hungarian), szorongattatás (Hungarian), vész (Hungarian), ínség (Hungarian), szükség (Hungarian), [feminine] (Icelandic), stórhætta [feminine] (Icelandic), hätä (Ingrian), pericolo [masculine] (Italian), difficoltà [feminine] (Italian), о́пасност (ópasnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), mōrearea (Maori), nødsituasjon (Norwegian), zagrożenie [neuter] (Polish), niebezpieczeństwo [neuter] (Polish), perigo [masculine] (Portuguese), primejdie [feminine] (Romanian), pericol [neuter] (Romanian), бе́дствие (bédstvije) [neuter] (Russian), беда́ (bedá) [feminine] (Russian), peligro [masculine] (Spanish), apuro [masculine] (Spanish), aprieto [masculine] (Spanish), angustia [feminine] (Spanish), amenaza [feminine] (Spanish), nödläge (Swedish), nödsituation (Swedish), ñyātse (Tocharian B), небезпека (nebezpeka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), загроза (zahroza) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-distress-en-noun-y7C7zyLZ Disambiguation of 'serious danger': 3 2 89 2 1 2
  4. (medicine, psychology) An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Psychology Translations (medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress): distressi (Finnish), détresse [feminine] (French), distressz (Hungarian), 不快ストレス (fukai-sutoresu) (alt: ふかいストレス) (Japanese), ngaukino (Maori), estrés [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-distress-en-noun-EHnGu5wH Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress': 6 5 3 82 2 3
  5. (law) A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (law: a seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt): запор (zapor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ulosotto (Finnish), lefoglalás (Hungarian), zálogolás (Hungarian), zár alá vétel (Hungarian), végrehajtás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-distress-en-noun-qPUNfpwK Topics: law Disambiguation of 'law: a seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt': 1 5 2 3 86 3
  6. (law) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-distress-en-noun-m2GNBaHp Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abuse of distress, damsel in distress, distress merchandise, distress purchase, distress sale, distress signal, infant respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress Related terms: distrain, district

Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪˈstɹɛs/ Audio: en-us-distress.ogg [US] Forms: distresses [present, singular, third-person], distressing [participle, present], distressed [participle, past], distressed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: 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”). The noun is from Middle English distresse, from Old French destrece, ultimately also from Latin distringō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*streyg-}}, {{inh|en|enm|distressen}} Middle English distressen, {{der|en|fro|destrecier||to restrain, constrain, put in straits, afflict, distress}} Old French destrecier (“to restrain, constrain, put in straits, afflict, distress”), {{cog|fr|détresse}} French détresse, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{m|la|*districtiō}} *districtiō, {{der|en|la|distringō||to pull asunder, stretch out}} Latin distringō (“to pull asunder, stretch out”), {{m|la|dis-||apart}} dis- (“apart”), {{m|la|stringō||to draw tight, strain}} stringō (“to draw tight, strain”), {{inh|en|enm|distresse}} Middle English distresse, {{der|en|fro|destrece}} Old French destrece, {{der|en|la|distringō}} Latin distringō Head templates: {{en-verb}} distress (third-person singular simple present distresses, present participle distressing, simple past and past participle distressed)
  1. To cause strain or anxiety to someone. Synonyms: anguish, harrow, trouble, vex, torment, tantalize, tantalise, martyr Translations (to cause strain or anxiety): shqetësoj (Albanian), измъчвам (izmǎčvam) (Bulgarian), тревожа (trevoža) (Bulgarian), onder druk zetten (Dutch), benauwen (Dutch), angorigi (Esperanto), ahdistaa (Finnish), tehdä onnettomaksi (Finnish), bedrücken (German), bekümmern (German), heimsuchen (German), peinigen (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaaggwjan) (Gothic), στενοχωρώ (stenochoró) (Greek), θλίβω (thlívo) (Greek), αναστατώνω (anastatóno) (Greek), elszomorít (Hungarian), nyomaszt (Hungarian), lesújt (Hungarian), lehangol (Hungarian), cráigh (Irish), angustiare (Italian), addolorare (Italian), tormentare (Italian), logorare (Italian), dēgravō (Latin), nonope (Maori), whakaāwangawanga (Maori), kaiawherangi (Maori), whakangaukino (Maori), ābelgan (Old English), angustiar (Portuguese), deranja (Romanian), тревожить (trevožitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-distress-en-verb-BU8Pppe8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 4 7 11 5 11 46 6 3 Disambiguation of 'to cause strain or anxiety': 96 2 2
  2. (law) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain. Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: distrain Translations (to retain someone’s property): запорирам (zaporiram) (Bulgarian), 拖欠 (tuōqiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), ulosmitata (Finnish), zurückbehalten (German), κατάσχω (katáscho) (Greek), lefoglal (Hungarian), zálogol (Hungarian), zár alá vesz (Hungarian), végrehajt (Hungarian), confiscare (Italian), pignorare (Italian), penhorar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-distress-en-verb-GXI6rX-5 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'to retain someone’s property': 10 85 4
  3. To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age. Synonyms: age, antique, patinate Translations (to treat to make look old): 做旧 (zuòjiù) (Chinese Mandarin), vanhentaa (Finnish), patinieren (German), (künstlich) altern (German), koptat (Hungarian), kikoptat (Hungarian), kikészít (Hungarian), antichizzare (Italian), desgastar (Portuguese), старить (staritʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), patinera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-distress-en-verb-QIMuv2pr Disambiguation of 'to treat to make look old': 17 4 79

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "To heighten his distress, he is approached by his wife, and bitterly upbraided for his perfidy in concealing from her his former connexions (with that unhappy girl who is here present with her child, the innocent offspring of her amours, fainting at the sight of his misfortunes, being unable to relieve him farther), and plunging her into those difficulties she never shall be able to surmount.",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "tuska"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "ahdinko"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "Kummer"
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Bedrängnis"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Drangsal"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Bekümmerung"
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          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "aggwiþa",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰"
        },
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          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "þreihsl",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃𐌻"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "agonía",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "αγωνία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "syntriví",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "συντριβή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "symforá",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "συμφορά"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apelpisía",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "απελπισία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "stenokhōría",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "στενοχωρία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "anía",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἀνία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ákhos",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ἄχος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "sunokhḗ",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "συνοχή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mu'aqá",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מוּעָקָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "bánat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "gyötrelem"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "bú"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "búbánat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "word": "vaiva"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "angar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "crá"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "angoscia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "miseria"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "word": "بێچارەیی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "dill tengî",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "دڵ تەنگی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aerumna"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "máka",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ма́ка"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "béda",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "бе́да"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "word": "uhitea"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "word": "āwangawanga"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "word": "māteatea"
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "auhitanga"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "pāpōuri"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
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          "word": "mswiɓa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "ubehag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "desconforto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "suferință"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "góre",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "го́ре"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bedá",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "беда́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nesčástʹje",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "несча́стье"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "duḥkha",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "दुःख"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "śoka",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "शोक"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "sa",
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          "roman": "kleśa",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "क्लेश"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "āpad",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "आपद्"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "airc"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "muka"
        },
        {
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aflicción"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "desasosiego"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ansiedad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "sinvivir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "sw",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "dhiki"
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        {
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "obehag"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bekymmer"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ledsamhet"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "sıkıntı"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "mihnet"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "cendere"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "ızdırap"
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        {
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          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "bun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "word": "kaygı"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "hore",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "горе"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "lyxo",
          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "лихо"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 2 2 3 2",
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          "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "ref": "1719, Daniel Defoe, chapter 13, in Robinson Crusoe, archived from the original on 2012-04-15",
          "text": "I immediately considered that this must be some ship in distress, and that they had some comrade, or some other ship in company, and fired these gun for signals of distress, and to obtain help.",
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        {
          "ref": "1759, Voltaire, chapter 42, in Candide, archived from the original on 2011-03-17",
          "text": "At length they perceived a little cottage; two persons in the decline of life dwelt in this desert, who were always ready to give every assistance in their power to their fellow-creatures in distress.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "danger"
        ]
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "beda",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "беда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bedstvie",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "бедствие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "word": "nødsituation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "word": "hätä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "word": "merihätä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "word": "détresse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Not"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Notlage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "raw_tags": [
            "of ships"
          ],
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "specifically"
          ],
          "word": "Seenot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kíndynos",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "κίνδυνος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "word": "baj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "word": "szorultság"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "word": "szorult helyzet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "word": "megszorultság"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "serious danger",
          "word": "szorongattatás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "serious danger",
          "word": "vész"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "serious danger",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "word": "szükség"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "serious danger",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "vá"
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        {
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "serious danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stórhætta"
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        {
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          "code": "izh",
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          "sense": "serious danger",
          "word": "hätä"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "serious danger",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "pericolo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "serious danger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
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          "word": "شڕ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ópasnost",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "word": "mōrearea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
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          "sense": "serious danger",
          "word": "nødsituasjon"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zagrożenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "niebezpieczeństwo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "serious danger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "perigo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 89 2 1 2",
          "code": "ro",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zaporiram",
          "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
          "word": "запорирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tuōqiàn",
          "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
          "word": "拖欠"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
          "word": "ulosmitata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
          "word": "zurückbehalten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katáscho",
          "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
          "word": "κατάσχω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
          "word": "lefoglal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
          "word": "zálogol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
          "word": "zár alá vesz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
          "word": "végrehajt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
          "word": "confiscare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
          "word": "pignorare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 85 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
          "word": "penhorar"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "a pair of distressed jeans",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 58",
          "text": "If you don't want to be considered a dude you should distress your binoculars in the way that antique dealers distress new paintings to make them look old.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age."
      ],
      "id": "en-distress-en-verb-QIMuv2pr",
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        [
          "treat",
          "treat"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
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          "appearance",
          "appearance"
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          "age",
          "age"
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        {
          "word": "age"
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        {
          "word": "antique"
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        {
          "word": "patinate"
        }
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          "_dis1": "17 4 79",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zuòjiù",
          "sense": "to treat to make look old",
          "word": "做旧"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 4 79",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to treat to make look old",
          "word": "vanhentaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 4 79",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to treat to make look old",
          "word": "patinieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 4 79",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to treat to make look old",
          "word": "(künstlich) altern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 4 79",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to treat to make look old",
          "word": "koptat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 4 79",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to treat to make look old",
          "word": "kikoptat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 4 79",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to treat to make look old",
          "word": "kikészít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 4 79",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to treat to make look old",
          "word": "antichizzare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 4 79",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to treat to make look old",
          "word": "desgastar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 4 79",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "staritʹ",
          "sense": "to treat to make look old",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "старить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 4 79",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to treat to make look old",
          "word": "patinera"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈstɹɛs/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛs"
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      "audio": "en-us-distress.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/En-us-distress.ogg/En-us-distress.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
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    "distress"
  ],
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}
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
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      "word": "abuse of distress"
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      "word": "damsel in distress"
    },
    {
      "word": "distress merchandise"
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    {
      "word": "distress purchase"
    },
    {
      "word": "distress sale"
    },
    {
      "word": "distress signal"
    },
    {
      "word": "infant respiratory distress syndrome"
    },
    {
      "word": "respiratory distress"
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      "name": "root"
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      "expansion": "French détresse",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "*districtiō",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to pull asunder, stretch out"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "dis-",
        "3": "",
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      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "word": "distrain"
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      "word": "district"
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          "ref": "1833, John Trusler, chapter 8, in The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings, archived from the original on 2011-11-04",
          "text": "To heighten his distress, he is approached by his wife, and bitterly upbraided for his perfidy in concealing from her his former connexions (with that unhappy girl who is here present with her child, the innocent offspring of her amours, fainting at the sight of his misfortunes, being unable to relieve him farther), and plunging her into those difficulties she never shall be able to surmount.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, page 122",
          "text": "At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight.",
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        }
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      ],
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          "discomfort",
          "discomfort"
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        [
          "suffering",
          "suffering"
        ],
        [
          "alarm",
          "alarm"
        ]
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A cause of such discomfort."
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1759, Voltaire, chapter 42, in Candide, archived from the original on 2011-03-17",
          "text": "At length they perceived a little cottage; two persons in the decline of life dwelt in this desert, who were always ready to give every assistance in their power to their fellow-creatures in distress.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Serious danger."
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      "links": [
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          "danger"
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        "uncountable"
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        "en:Psychology"
      ],
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      ],
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        [
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          "medicine"
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          "psychology",
          "psychology"
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      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "psychology",
        "sciences"
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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      ],
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        "(law) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈstɹɛs/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛs"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/En-us-distress.ogg/En-us-distress.ogg.mp3",
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bólka",
      "sense": "Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бо́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "strádanje",
      "sense": "Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "стра́дање"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.",
      "word": "hūhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.",
      "word": "bun"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.",
      "word": "kaygı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.",
      "word": "sıkıntı"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "miḥna",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مِحْنَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aflicció"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "angoixa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "angúnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ubehag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "druk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stress"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "angoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "tuska"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "ahdinko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "détresse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kummer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bedrängnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Drangsal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bekümmerung"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "aggwiþa",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "þreihsl",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃𐌻"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agonía",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αγωνία"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "syntriví",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "συντριβή"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "symforá",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "συμφορά"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apelpisía",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "απελπισία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "stenokhōría",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "στενοχωρία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anía",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀνία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ákhos",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ἄχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sunokhḗ",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "συνοχή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mu'aqá",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מוּעָקָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "bánat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "gyötrelem"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "bú"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "búbánat"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "óþægindi"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "vaiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "angar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crá"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "angoscia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pena"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miseria"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sconforto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "bêçareyî",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "بێچارەیی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "dill tengî",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "دڵ تەنگی"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aerumna"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "máka",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "béda",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бе́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "ahotea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "uhitea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "āwangawanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "māteatea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "auhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "auhitanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "pāpōuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "mswiɓa"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "ubehag"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desconforto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suferință"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "góre",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "го́ре"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bedá",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "беда́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nesčástʹje",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "несча́стье"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "duḥkha",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "दुःख"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "śoka",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "शोक"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "kleśa",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "क्लेश"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "āpad",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "आपद्"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "airc"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "distres"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "muka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aflicción"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "angustia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desasosiego"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ansiedad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "sinvivir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "dhiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obehag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bekymmer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ledsamhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "sıkıntı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "mihnet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "cendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "ızdırap"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "bun"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "word": "kaygı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hore",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "горе"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lyxo",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лихо"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "straždannja",
      "sense": "(cause of) discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "страждання"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "beda",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "беда"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bedstvie",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бедствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "nødsituation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "hätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "merihätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "détresse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Not"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Notlage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of ships"
      ],
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "specifically"
      ],
      "word": "Seenot"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kíndynos",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κίνδυνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "baj"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "szorultság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "szorult helyzet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "megszorultság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "szorongattatás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "vész"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "ínség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "szükség"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vá"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stórhætta"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "hätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pericolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "difficoltà"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "şirr",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "شڕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ópasnost",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "о́пасност"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "mōrearea"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "nødsituasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zagrożenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "niebezpieczeństwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "primejdie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pericol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bédstvije",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бе́дствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bedá",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "беда́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peligro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aprieto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "angustia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amenaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "nödläge"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "nödsituation"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "word": "ñyātse"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nebezpeka",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "небезпека"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zahroza",
      "sense": "serious danger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "загроза"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress",
      "word": "distressi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "détresse"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress",
      "word": "distressz"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふかいストレス",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fukai-sutoresu",
      "sense": "medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress",
      "word": "不快ストレス"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress",
      "word": "ngaukino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "medicine, psychology: state of maladaptive stress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estrés"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zapor",
      "sense": "law: a seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "запор"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "law: a seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt",
      "word": "ulosotto"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: a seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt",
      "word": "lefoglalás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: a seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt",
      "word": "zálogolás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: a seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt",
      "word": "zár alá vétel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: a seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt",
      "word": "végrehajtás"
    }
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    "distress"
  ],
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}

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).\nThe noun is from Middle English distresse, from Old French destrece, ultimately also from Latin distringō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "distresses",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "distressing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "distressed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "distressed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1827, Stendhal, chapter 31, in Armance, archived from the original on 2011-09-26",
          "text": "She respects me, no doubt, but has no longer any passionate feeling for me, and my death will distress her without plunging her in despair.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause strain or anxiety to someone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strain",
          "strain"
        ],
        [
          "anxiety",
          "anxiety"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "anguish"
        },
        {
          "word": "harrow"
        },
        {
          "word": "trouble"
        },
        {
          "word": "vex"
        },
        {
          "word": "torment"
        },
        {
          "word": "tantalize"
        },
        {
          "word": "tantalise"
        },
        {
          "word": "martyr"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1894, James Kent with William Hardcastle Browne, Commentaries on American Law, page 645",
          "text": "This power of distress, as anciently used, became as oppressive as the feudal forfeiture. It was as hard for the tenant to be stripped in an instant of all his goods, for arrears of rent, as to be turned out of the possession of his farm.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "retain",
          "retain"
        ],
        [
          "property",
          "property"
        ],
        [
          "payment",
          "payment"
        ],
        [
          "debt",
          "debt"
        ],
        [
          "distrain",
          "distrain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "distrain"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a pair of distressed jeans",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 58",
          "text": "If you don't want to be considered a dude you should distress your binoculars in the way that antique dealers distress new paintings to make them look old.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "treat",
          "treat"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "age"
        },
        {
          "word": "antique"
        },
        {
          "word": "patinate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈstɹɛs/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛs"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-distress.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/En-us-distress.ogg/En-us-distress.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/En-us-distress.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "shqetësoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izmǎčvam",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "измъчвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trevoža",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "тревожа"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "onder druk zetten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "benauwen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "angorigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "ahdistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "tehdä onnettomaksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "bedrücken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "bekümmern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "heimsuchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "peinigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gaaggwjan",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stenochoró",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "στενοχωρώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "thlívo",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "θλίβω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anastatóno",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "αναστατώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "elszomorít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "nyomaszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "lesújt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "lehangol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "cráigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "angustiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "addolorare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "tormentare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "logorare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "dēgravō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "nonope"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "whakaāwangawanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "kaiawherangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "whakangaukino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "ābelgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "angustiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "word": "deranja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trevožitʹ",
      "sense": "to cause strain or anxiety",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "тревожить"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaporiram",
      "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
      "word": "запорирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuōqiàn",
      "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
      "word": "拖欠"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
      "word": "ulosmitata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
      "word": "zurückbehalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katáscho",
      "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
      "word": "κατάσχω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
      "word": "lefoglal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
      "word": "zálogol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
      "word": "zár alá vesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
      "word": "végrehajt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
      "word": "confiscare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
      "word": "pignorare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to retain someone’s property",
      "word": "penhorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuòjiù",
      "sense": "to treat to make look old",
      "word": "做旧"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to treat to make look old",
      "word": "vanhentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to treat to make look old",
      "word": "patinieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to treat to make look old",
      "word": "(künstlich) altern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to treat to make look old",
      "word": "koptat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to treat to make look old",
      "word": "kikoptat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to treat to make look old",
      "word": "kikészít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to treat to make look old",
      "word": "antichizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to treat to make look old",
      "word": "desgastar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "staritʹ",
      "sense": "to treat to make look old",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "старить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to treat to make look old",
      "word": "patinera"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "distress"
  ],
  "word": "distress"
}

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