Index of English words, starting with "di"

(1) - Distrainer (n.) Same as Distrainor.

(1) - Distraint (n.) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.

(1) - Distrait (a.) Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

(1) - Distraught (a.) Distracted; perplexed.
(2) - Distraught (a.) Torn asunder; separated.
(3) - Distraught (p. p.) of Distract

(1) - Distress (n.) To seize for debt; to distrain.
(2) - Distress (n.) To compel by pain or suffering.
(3) - Distress (n.) To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
(4) - Distress (n.) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
(5) - Distress (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.
(6) - Distress (n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.
(7) - Distress (n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
(8) - Distress (n.) Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.