[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction ; trouble :distress over his mother's illness.Synonyms: tribulation , adversity , anguish , agony Antonyms: comfort", "a state of extreme necessity or misfortune:After the stock market crash, he found himself in great financial distress.Synonyms: destitution , need", "the state of a ship or airplane requiring immediate assistance, as when on fire in transit.", "that which causes pain, suffering, trouble, danger, etc.:His willful disobedience was a distress to his parents.", "liability or exposure to pain, suffering, trouble, etc.; danger :a damsel in distress.", "Law.the legal seizure and detention of the goods of another as security or satisfaction for debt, etc.; the act of distraining.the thing seized in distraining.", "the legal seizure and detention of the goods of another as security or satisfaction for debt, etc.; the act of distraining.", "the thing seized in distraining."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["afflicted with or suffering distress:distress livestock; distress wheat.", "caused by or indicative of distress or hardship:distress prices; distress borrowing."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to afflict with great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; trouble ; worry ; bother :It distresses Grandpa when you bring up the war.", "to subject to pressure, stress, or strain; embarrass or exhaust by strain:to be distressed by excessive work.", "to compel by pain or force of circumstances:Her faithlessness distressed him into ending their marriage.", "to dent, scratch, or stain (furniture, lumber, or the like) so as to give an appearance of age:She used an old bicycle chain to distress the surface of the table before applying a deep stain."]}]