1. distress
The ship's captain ordered the radio operator to send a distress signal.
They live in utter distress
If you are in distress, you are in trouble. You're hurting — either physically or mentally.
Separation of infants from a colony causes distress to the mother and infant at the time.
Being able to smile while in great distress is not duck soup for a passionate individual.
Signs of distress from the bird indicated to the miners that conditions were unsafe.
I am in distress because my trip to London is coming.
I don't think you should distress yourself too much,
The elephant becomes distressed when the dog gets injured.
in distress = in need of help
She claimed that the way she had been treated at work had caused her extreme emotional and psychological distress.
It is distressing to see how we still fail to protect women against violence.
1. The newspaper reports caused her a great deal of distress. 2. an aircraft in distress
It caused me an immense amount of distress to hear that Uncle John had passed away; I loved him so much!
There are those, who, in distress, seek the help of other people's prayers, but have no mind to pray for themselves.