Scrabble & Words with friends points
- distress is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
- distress is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
- distress is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9
Definition of distress
- psychological suffering (noun)
Examples
- the death of his wife caused him great distress
Synonyms
- hurt
- suffering
- the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim (noun)
Examples
- 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
Synonyms
- distraint
- bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship (verb)
Synonyms
- straiten
- a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) (noun)
Examples
- a ship in distress
- she was the classic maiden in distress
- cause mental pain to (verb)
Examples
- The news of her child's illness distressed the mother
- extreme physical pain (noun)
Examples
- the patient appeared to be in distress
See definition of distress in Merriam Webster