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ahdistaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • depress verb To make someone feel sad, low, or hopeless.
  • distress noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
  • dog noun A domesticated mammal (Canis familiaris) kept as a pet or working animal, closely related to wolves.
  • hector verb To bully or intimidate someone through loud, aggressive bluster.
  • oppress verb To control or treat a group of people unfairly and cruelly, often by force.
  • pursue verb To follow someone or something in order to catch them.
  • squeeze verb To press something firmly from two or more sides.
  • wring verb To twist and squeeze something, especially wet fabric, to force liquid out of it.

Senses

ahdistaa is used for these senses in English:

  • depress To make depressed, sad or bored.
  • distress To cause strain or anxiety to someone.
  • dog (transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
  • hector (transitive) To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
  • oppress (transitive) To make sad or gloomy.
  • pursue (ambitransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. [from 14th c.]
  • squeeze (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
  • wring Of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain.

depress — full definition

  1. verb To make someone feel sad, low, or hopeless.
  2. verb To push something down, or to reduce activity or value (especially in an economy).

distress — full definition

  1. noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
  2. verb To cause someone anxiety, pain, or worry.

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