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Raredistresses
The correct spelling is distresses.
How to pronounce distresses
noun
Say it like: Dis-tre-sse-s
The correct spelling is distresses. (Cause of) discomfort. For example: "She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room."
Usage Examples
“She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(Cause of) discomfort.
- 2.Serious danger.
- 3.An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
- 4.A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
- 5.The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
verb
- 1.To cause strain or anxiety to someone.
- 2.To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.
- 3.To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.
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