Clues for the word "DISTRESS"
We've had 22 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 36 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on February 22, 2026.
Definition of distress
- n. - Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.
- n. - That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
- n. - A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.
- n. - The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.
- n. - The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
- n. - To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
- n. - To compel by pain or suffering.
- n. - To seize for debt; to distrain.
Referring Clues
- Suffering
- Woe
- Kind of call
- Trouble for 12 Down
- State of adversity
- Urgent need
- Type of call
- Anguish
- Little Sidney turned the lock, causing much trouble
- About first gear, make one feel very unhappy
- First in line, which does make one unhappy
- Upset
- Stride about ship in trouble
- What Delilah did to Samson?
- Anguish - trouble - danger
- Upset as hell over lock
- Sadden
- Upset one saint in costume
- Acute anxiety
- See 17-Across
- In misery, first goes into put some clothes on
- SOS indication
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - February 22, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - September 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 29, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 06, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - July 02, 2024
- Your Life Choices - January 14, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 04, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - August 02, 2023
- Your Life Choices - March 27, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 07, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - October 01, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - January 14, 2018
- Your Life Choices - October 26, 2017
- Mindfood Daily - May 12, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 17, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 20, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 12, 2016
- Evening Standard Easy - June 17, 2016
- Guardian Everyman - May 15, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - November 24, 2015
- Evening Standard Quick - August 21, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 09, 2013
- Universal - February 13, 2012
- LA Times Sunday - February 12, 2012
- Guardian Quick - October 09, 2011
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 14, 2011
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 21, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - April 15, 2011
- Guardian Quick - April 01, 2010
- And in 6 more crossword puzzles...