d 2 i 1 s 1 t 1 r 1 e 1 s 1 s 1
8 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun psychological suffering
noun a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
noun extreme physical pain
originThe verb is from Middle English distressen, from Old French destrecier (“to restrain, constrain, put in straits, afflict, distress”); compare French détresse. Ultimately from Medieval Latin as if *districtiō, an assumed frequentative form of Latin distringō (“to pull asunder, stretch out”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō (“to draw tight, strain”). The noun is from Middle English distresse, from…
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Also spells
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