distress

n. 1 anguish or suffering caused by pain, sorrow, worry, etc. 2 poverty. 3 law = *distraint. v. Cause distress to, make unhappy.  in distress suffering or in danger.  distressful adj. [romanic: related to *distrain]

n. Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.