distress

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for distress

distress 🔊 /dɪstɹɛˈs/

distress : දුකට පත් කරනවා

distress : විනිග්‍රහණය

distress : ව්‍යසනය

distress : ශෝකය

distress : තෝන්තුව

distress : තාපය

distress : පීඩාව

distress : තුවාලය

distress : කම්කටොලු

distress : ලෙල්ලම

distress : විපතට පත් කරනවා

distress : පීඩාවට පත් කරනවා

distress : දොම්නස

distress : විසාද

distress : දෞර්මනස්‍යය

distress : විපත

distress : ආපදාව

distress : කනගාටුව

distress : තාපනය

distress : තෝන්තුවාව

distress : අළාමුළාව

distress definition

Noun.

  1. Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.
  2. That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
  3. A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.
  4. The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.
  5. The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
  6. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
  7. To compel by pain or suffering.
  8. To seize for debt; to distrain.