[dɪˈstrɛs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain
(e.g: to his distress he saw that she was trembling)



Phrases:

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

[dɪˈstrɛs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain
(e.g: I didn't mean to distress you)

- give (furniture or clothing) simulated marks of age and wear
(e.g: the manner in which leather jackets are industrially distressed)


Phrases:

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