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Noun distress has 4 senses

distress, hurt, suffering - psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
--₁ is a kind of pain, painfulness
--₁ has particulars:
anguish, torment, torture; self-torture, self-torment; tsoris; wound

Derived form: verb distress₁
distress - a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
--₂ is a kind of adversity, hardship, hard knocks
--₂ has particulars: anguish; pressure; throe
distress - extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
--₃ is a kind of pain, hurting
distress, distraint - the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landloard's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
--₄ is a kind of seizure

Verb distress has 1 sense

distress - cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
--₁ is one way to disturb, upset, trouble

Derived form: noun distress₁
Sample sentence:
The bad news will distress him