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Distorted
- verb -
- affect as in thought or feeling;
- alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
- having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem"
- make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers"
- twist and press out of shape
Distorter
- - One who, or that which, distorts.
Distracts
- 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"
Distrains
- verb - confiscate by distress
- legally take something in place of a debt payment
- levy a distress on
Distraint
- 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"
Districts
- noun - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
- regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
Distrusts
- noun - doubt about someone's honesty
- regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
- the trait of not trusting others
Disturbed
- verb - affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
- 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"
- change the arrangement or position of
- damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
- destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
- emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
- having the place or position changed; "the disturbed books and papers on her desk"; "disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed"
- move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
- tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"
Disturber
- noun - a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion
Dittander
- - A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium).