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distress: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "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"; psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"; extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"; a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"; cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"

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mulct collapse: impose a fine on; "he was fined for littering"

suffering collapse: feelings of mental or physical pain; misery resulting from affliction; troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"

hurting collapse

wrung collapse

harrowed collapse

crucified collapse

chagrin collapse: strong feelings of embarrassment

pained collapse

wounded collapse: people who are wounded; "they had to leave the wounded where they fell"

stomachache collapse: an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region

mournfulness collapse: a state of gloomy sorrow

desperation collapse: desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation"

damages collapse: a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

discommode collapse

mourn collapse: feel sadness; "She is mourning her dead child"; observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one

racked collapse

agonized collapse: expressing pain or agony; "agonized screams"

dolor collapse: (poetry) painful grief

forfeiture collapse

horrify collapse

poverty collapse: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

sadden collapse: make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me"; come to feel sad

insolvency collapse: the lack of financial resources

pack of troubles collapse

eminent domain collapse: the right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made

tortured collapse: subjected to intense pain; "hundreds of tortured prisoners"

impressment collapse

lamentation collapse: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief

tormented collapse

bitter pill collapse

lament collapse: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"; express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"

catatonic stupor collapse

sore spot collapse

bazaar collapse: a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar"; a shop where a variety of goods are sold; a street of small shops (especially in Orient)

flea market collapse: an open-air street market for inexpensive or secondhand articles

nationalization collapse: changing something from private to state ownership or control; the action of rendering national in character; the action of forming or becoming a nation

ordeal collapse: a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence; a severe or trying experience

garnishment collapse: a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee

disaster collapse: an act that has disastrous consequences

nervous tension collapse

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