undistress

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verb

To free from distress.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person undistresses · participle present undistressing · participle past undistressed · past undistressed

  1. raretransitiveTo free from distress.

    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
    1 more example

    '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

Origin

From un- + distress.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sturdiness
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APA

undistress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undistress

MLA

“undistress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undistress. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undistress,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undistress.

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