Tra từ distress - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dis·tress [distress distresses distressed distressing] noun, verb BrE [dɪˈstres] NAmE [dɪˈstres]
noun uncountable
1. a feeling of great worry or unhappiness; great suffering
•The newspaper article caused the actor considerable distress.
•She was obviously in distress after the attack.
•deep emotional distress
2. suffering and problems caused by not having enough money, food, etc.
Syn: ↑hardship
•economic/financial distress
•The charity aims to relieve poverty and distress caused by natural disasters.
3. a situation in which a ship, plane, etc. is in danger or difficulty and needs help
•a distress signal (= a message asking for help)
•It is a rule of the sea to help another boat in distress.
see damsel in distress at ↑damsel

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French destresce (noun), destrecier (verb), based on Latin distringere ‘stretch apart’.

Thesaurus:
distress noun U
•He was obviously in distress after the attack.
pain • • suffering • • misery • • agony • |informal hurt • • torture • |formal anguish •
distress/pain/misery/hurt/anguish at sth
in distress/pain/misery/agony/anguish
cause (sb) distress/pain/suffering/misery/agony/hurt/anguish
Distress, pain or suffering? These are all words for a feeling of great unhappiness. Distress can also be a feeling of worry. Pain is often used when the hurt is individual and the cause more personal, such as the death of a loved one. Suffering often refers to sth on a large scale that affects many people, such as a war or natural disaster.

Example Bank:
•Grief over ageing is a source of distress to men and women.
•Hall expressed his distress at the court's failure to uphold his rights.
•He dropped out of college, to his family's distress.
•He tried to conceal his distress, but the tremor in his voice was unmistakable.
•Sensing her distress, Luke walked over and patted her shoulder.
•She seemed calm and showed no signs of distress.
•The animals suffer great pain and distress when hunted.
•The causes of social distress include inadequate housing.
•The child was clearly in distress.
•The president issued a statement expressing her distress over the affair.
•The sinking ship sent out a distress call.
•a ship in distress
•an unhappy young couple in acute relationship distress
•her obvious distress at hearing such bad news
•medieval ballads about a knight saving a damsel in distress
•the distress that she felt when her parents argued
•the personal distress associated with unemployment
•the physical distress of hunger
•Any price increases will cause even more financial distress.
•He was obviously in distress after the attack.
•She went through a period of deep emotional distress in her teens.

verb
to make sb feel very worried or unhappy
•~ sb It was clear that the letter had deeply distressed her.
•~ yourself Don't distress yourself (= don't worry).
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French destresce (noun), destrecier (verb), based on Latin distringere ‘stretch apart’.

Example Bank:
•Don't distress yourself.