Meaning of "distress"

distress •

n.
• • 1. anxiety, trouble: pagaalaala, pagkabahala, pagkabalisa, pangangamba, pagkabagabag
  • 2. great pain or sorrow: hapis, pighati, sakit, dusa, pagdurusa
  • 3. misfortune: kasawiang-palad
  • 4. a danger, a dangerous condition: panganib, kapanganiban, mapanganib na kalagayan, peligro
  • 5. difficult situation: gipit (mahirap) na kalagayan, kagipitan
  • 6. to be in distress: mahapis, mamighati, magdusa

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trouble

v.
• • 1. to disturb, cause distress or worry to: manggulo, guluhin, manligalig, ligaligin, mambagabag, bagabagin, tumigatig, tigatigin, manggambala, gambalain
  • 2. to be disturbed or worried: matigatig, magambala, maligalig, mabahala, mabagabag, magulo
  • 3. to take trouble, to bother: mag-abala, magpakaabala, pagkaabalahan
  • 4. to cause extra work or effort to, to put someone to some inconvenience: mang-abala, abalahin
  • 5. to cause oneself inconvenience: mang-abala, magpakaabala

n.
• • 1. disturbance: gulo, kaguluhan
  • 2. distress, worry, difficulty: ligalig, kaligaligan, bagabag, pagkabagabag, balisa, pagkabalisa, hilahil, pagkahilahil
  • 3. extra work, bother, effort: abala, kaabalahan, pagkaabala, gambala, kagambalaan, pagkagambala
  • 4. a disordered condition, as of a machine: sira, kasiraan, pagkasira, depekto
  • 5. a quarrel: away, awayan, awayan, basag-ulo

affliction

n.
• • 1. grief: dalamhati, pagdadalamhati
  • 2. sorrow: lungkot, kalungkutan, lumbay, kalumbayan
  • 3. pain: sakit, hapdi, kirot
  • 4. sickness: karamdaman, sakit
  • 5. distress: kahirapan
  • 6. misfortune: kasawiang-palad

daing

n.
• • 1. daing, dried fish
  • 2. daing

n.
• • complaint

v.
• • dumaing (-um-) to moan, to complain. Dumaing siya sa sakit ng sugat. He moaned due to the pain caused by the wound. magdaing, idaing (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to express one's suffering, lamentation or distress. Idinaing niya ang sama ng loob niya. He lamented over his hurt feelings.

himutok

n.
• • outcry of disappointment or distress, whimper