Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
A cause of such discomfort.
The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
Serious danger.
A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.
To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.
To cause strain or anxiety to someone.
Melancholy caused by lovesickness, sadness, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.
A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.
Dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigour; stagnation.
Listless indolence or inactivity, especially if enjoyable or relaxing; dreaminess; (countable) an instance of this.
Heavy humidity and stillness of the air.
To languish.