English-Czech translations for distress

• nebezpečí
  Dokument je datovaný k 1. září 2007 a popisuje vážné nebezpečí a obavy tureckých protestantů z důvodu chybějící svobody vyznání. The document is dated 1 September 2007 and describes the serious distress and concerns of Turkish Protestants about the absence of freedom of religion.
• nouze
  Domnívám se, že sociální nouze v této oblasti za několik uplynulých let destabilizovala společnost v mnohem širším měřítku, a z toho důvodu musíme být opatrní. I think the social distress in this over the last few years has destabilised society on a much wider scale, and that is why we have to be sensitive to this.
• tišen

Definition of distress

• Cause of) discomfort
• Serious danger
• An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt
• The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction
• To cause strain or anxiety to someone
• To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain
• To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age

Examples

• a pair of distressed jeans
• She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room

Related words

• distressing
• distressed
• distressedly
• distressful
• distressingly
• distressfully
• distress signal
• distress at sea
• damsel in distress