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actress
actress
n : a female actor
distress
distress
n 1: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him
great distress" [syn: {hurt}, {suffering}]
2: a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship
in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
3: extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in
distress"
4: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment
of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress
was a landloard's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents
or property damage but now the landlord is given a
landlord's lien" [syn: {distraint}]
distress
v : cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness
distressed the mother"
distressed
distressed
adj 1: facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "the
troubled car industry"; "distressed companies need
loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed
Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were
hard put to meet the mortgage paymentng"; "it was
apparent that the magazine was in trouble"; "found
themselves in a bad way financially" [syn: {hard-pressed},
{hard put}, {in a bad way(p)}, {in trouble(p)}]
2: generalized feeling of distress [syn: {dysphoric}, {unhappy}]
[ant: {euphoric}]
3: suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped
out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty
breathing"; "the victim was in a bad way and needed
immediate attention" [syn: {stressed}, {in a bad way(p)}]
4: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or
grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted
moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home";
"lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a
worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping
children" [syn: {disquieted}, {disturbed}, {upset}, {worried}]
mistress
mistress
n 1: an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital
sexual relationship with a man [syn: {kept woman}, {fancy
woman}]
2: a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
[syn: {schoolmarm}, {schoolma'am}, {schoolmistress}]
3: a woman master who directs the work of others
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