What is that which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery. Affliction's sons are brothers in distress. Burns called?
distress — That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery. Affliction's sons are brothers in distress. Burns. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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