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undistress

undistress verb: to free from distress.

Verb

undistress (third-person singular simple present undistresses, present participle undistressing, simple past and past participle undistressed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To free from distress.
    • 'Most important of all: no buts, Now, we have a damsel to undistress,' said de Carabas. 'And time is of the essence. Move.'2010, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere
    • She maintained, “Omaha can't be viable and safe until something is done to 'undistress' the black community […]2013, Amy Helene Forss, Black Print with a White Carnation, page 159

Forms of undistress

third-person singular presentundistresses
present participleundistressing
past participleundistressed
pastundistressed

Origin of undistress

From un- + distress.

Questions about undistress

What does undistress mean?
Undistress means to free from distress.
What part of speech is undistress?
Undistress is a verb.
What is the past tense of undistress?
The past tense of undistress is undistressed.

Words near undistress in the dictionary

  1. undistractible
  2. undistracting
  3. undistractingly
  4. undistrained
  5. undistraught
  6. undistress
  7. undistressed
  8. undistresses
  9. undistressful
  10. undistressing
  11. undistrest

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