Distress and Smart

Distress

Distress noun - A state of great suffering of body or mind.

Smart and distress are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smart" instead the word "Distress" as a noun or a verb.

Smart

Smart noun - A sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body.
Usage example: the toddler was whining over the smart from the cut

Distress and smart are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distress" instead the word "Smart" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: smarten, smartness, smartly

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Lawful Neutral He likes his job, which is killing and eating things that are in distress, too slow, or not smart enough to escape him.
  • Video Game / Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Mechanical Monster: The Gekko are as much life-form as machine; they're about as smart as an animal, make appropriate sounds when they're in distress, and, of course, have organic legs.
  • Get Smart - when Max rescues girl-in-distress Carol Burnett from a KAOS laboratory, they go through some rooms with an experimental drug that induces fear and lust, but only in women.
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