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distress English

Meaning distress meaning

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Definitions in simple English

distress

Serious danger. Three ships were in distress that night.

distress

To make somebody feel suffering and grief. I was distressed after the sad loss.

distress

(= suffering) psychological suffering the death of his wife caused him great distress a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) a ship in distress she was the classic maiden in distress extreme physical pain the patient appeared to be in distress the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien cause mental pain to The news of her child's illness distressed the mother bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

Synonyms distress synonyms

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Conjugation distress conjugation

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distress · verb

Examples distress examples

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Simple sentences

Many people were plunged into distress by the news.
The ship flashed a distress signal.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
The ship's captain ordered the radio operator to send a distress signal.
Her death was a great distress to all the family.
We've got a distress signal from that ship.
A ship is in distress.

Movie subtitles

Your distress is not without foundation.
The Nibelungen's distress.
Distress in the mountains!
She's in great distress.
I came over for the rodeo I saw your distress signal from the top of the ridge..
My distress signal? -it was mine.
Firstly, our journey will be shortened. Which I know is a consideration that cannot distress you. And secondly, upon its successful conclusion not one of you in later years will look back without a surge of pride.
No, thank you, I prefer being in distress.
Saving a lady in distress, eh?
You were a lady in distress, weren't you?
She was the lady in distress.
You said I was a lady in distress.
Fear and distress is spreading among older people.
You distress me.
He's got a lot of foolish notions about saving a lady in distress.
Yes, sir. You'll understand my distress immediately.
I realize my questions may distress you, but in your husband's own interest you must answer.
You distress me. You cause nothing but trouble and upsets.
A maid in distress.
Yesterday in luck, today in distress, tomorrow freedom or death?
Don't distress yourself, Mrs. Carlsen.
It is gratifying to know that our services to ships in distress have not gone unnoticed.
She was extremely kind, but I was always sure she would never have thrown her life away on a male beauty in distress.
Young man is sick with distress.
It's a distress signal.
Always willing to help a lady in distress.
Don't distress yourself, Mrs. Carlsen. Just take your time.
Less than an hour ago, the girl and her companion, Steve Collins, were sighted by an army air squadron when the pair flashed a distress signal skyward by mirror.
We're sorry to distress you.
I hope my good fortune doesn't distress you too much.
Retired and in distress.
At first, it's just distress. Then it increases and turns into something else.
If you were serious, I would not be in distress.
OF COURSE, MY DEAR, IT'S BEEN A GREAT SHOCK FOR YOU AND YOU MUSTN'T DISTRESS YOURSELF.
Oh, they're experts at helping souls in distress.

News and current affairs

But it was largely predictable, as are the likely consequences for both the millions of Americans who will be facing financial distress and the global economy.
I used to believe that denial of Saudi complicity in the attacks reflected our distress with what happened on that dark day.
The lambs may have lost out on a few weeks of life, but they were also spared the distress of separation from their mothers, the misery of transportation, possibly for hundreds of kilometres, and the crowding and terror of the slaughterhouse.
Widespread economic distress is never without political consequences.
Similarly, if the eurozone had not stepped in - with the help of the International Monetary Fund - to protect Greece and its creditors in recent months, we would have faced further financial distress in Europe and perhaps more broadly.
Which side wins in any situation depends on the extent of debtor distress and the strength of the opposing creditor-debtor coalitions.
The key is to sharpen the distinction between financial firms whose distress is truly panic driven (and therefore temporary), and problems that are more fundamental.
The question now is how bad that distress will become.
These rescue packages have relieved the eurozone's financial distress, but at a high cost.
The Japanese, too, carry a burden of historical crimes, but their attitude to foreigners in distress is far less welcoming.
Severe economic distress and political pressure are buffeting relationships among citizens, sovereign states, and supranational institutions such as the European Central Bank.
But, although the prospect of the Fed raising interest rates is likely to create significant turbulence in emerging countries' financial markets, the risk of outright crises and distress is more limited.
And it is the price of risk that is the source of our current distress.
First, extreme financial distress can bring down the real economy, with a shortage of credit being the most potent channel.
But, in the aftermath of setbacks in regions where it intervened, and with heightened economic distress at home, the US finds itself uncertain about how to respond to changing global events.
Because runs on banks can trigger widespread distress, governments explicitly guarantee insured deposits and implicitly guarantee all the other debts of mega-banks.
The distress following the failure of Lehman Brothers would have been an obvious occasion.
It is much harder to find circuit breakers for this dynamic than for, say, that caused by balance-sheet distress in the financial sector.
Depression-era restrictions on risk seemed less urgent, given the US Federal Reserve's proven ability to build firewalls between financial distress and aggregate demand.
The falling dollar has emerged as a source of profound global macroeconomic distress.
In this case, what is bad for economists is good for the world economy: we may be facing a mere episode of financial distress in the US rather than sky-high long-term interest rates and a depression.
The counterpart of here, because exchange rates always ride on differential performance, is a continued poor supply side performance in Europe and Japan's ongoing and pervasive economic distress.
When it does, some will suffer more than others; but, with a few exceptions lacking systemic importance, widespread distress and crises need not occur.
Emerging markets were initially tied to this distress only when foreign investors began pulling out their money.
The most immediate is financial distress emanating mainly, but not exclusively, from the US and spilling out to hit all sectors of the global economy.

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