distress, v.
(distressed, distresses, distressing)
(distressed, distresses, distressing)
cause mental pain to
<verb.emotion>
distress
sample sentences
"The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
<verb.social>
distress straiten
verb frames
Something ----s somebodyverb frames
Something ----s somebody
semantic pointers
hypernym