Definitions
1.noun(Cause of) discomfort.
2.nounSerious danger.
3.nounAn aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
4.nounA seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
5.nounThe thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
6.verbTo cause strain or anxiety to someone.
7.verbTo retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.
8.verbTo treat a new object to give it an appearance of age."She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room."