Syn. -- To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict; worry; annoy.
Dis*tress"ed*ness, n. A state of being distressed or greatly pained.
Dis*tress"ful (?), a. Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation. "Some distressful stroke." Shak. "Distressful cries." Pope. -- Dis*tress"ful*ly, adv.
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Dis*tress"ing (ds*trs"ng), a. Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.
Dis*tress"ing, adv. In a distressing manner.
Dis*trib"u*ta*ble (?), a. Capable of being distributed. Sir W. Jones.
Dis*trib"u*ta*ry (?), a. Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes; distributive.
Dis*trib"ute (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Distributing.] [L. distributus, p. p. of distribuere to divide, distribute; dis- + tribuere to assign, give, allot. See Tribute.] 1. To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
She did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred.
Judith xvi. 24.