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Distracted
- verb - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
- draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"
- having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
Distracter
- - One who, or that which, distracts away.
Distrained
- verb - confiscate by distress
- legally take something in place of a debt payment
- levy a distress on
Distrainor
- - One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
Distraints
- noun - the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
Distraught
- adjective - deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"
- Extremely distressed or agitated
Distressed
- verb - afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children"
- bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
- facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"
- generalized feeling of distress
- suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"
Distresses
- noun - a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
- bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
- extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
- psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
- the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
Distribute
- verb - administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
- be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses; "Values distribute"
- be mathematically distributive
- cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
- cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
- distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"
- give to several people; "The teacher handed out the exams"
- make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia"
- spread throughout a given area; "the function distributes the values evenly"
- to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"