Distraction, n.
- 1. Confusion, perplexity, embarrassment, bewilderment, abstraction, mystification.
- 2. Disturbance, discord, tumult, disorder, division, perturbation, commotion, turmoil, agitation.
- 3. Derangement, madness, raving, frenzy, insanity, alienation, aberration, incoherence, wandering, delirium,
mania, lunacy, hallucination, loss of the senses, disordered intellect or faculties, loss of reason.
Distrain, v. a. (Law.) Seize (for debt), take, attach, distress.
Distress, n.
- 1. Affliction, calamity, disaster, misery, misfortune, adversity, hardship, trial, trouble, perplexity.
- 2. Anguish, agony, suffering, sorrow, grief.
- 3. Pain, anguish, agony, torture, gripe, griping.
- 4. Privation, destitution, poverty, indigence, want, straits.
Distress, v. a.
- 1. Afflict, perplex, pain, trouble, grieve, make unhappy, make miserable.
- 2. (Law.) Take, seize, distrain.
Distribute, v. a.
- 1. Apportion, assign, allot, dispense, mete, divide, share, dole (out), parcel out, deal out, portion out.
- 2. Classify, class, arrange, assort, dispose.
Distribution, n.
- 1. Apportionment, allotment, assignment, dole, partition, division, dispensation, dispensing.
- 2. Arrangement, classification, disposal, disposition, grouping.
District, n. Region, tract, territory, circuit, province, quarter.
Distrust, v. a. Doubt, suspect, lack confidence in, mistrust, disbelieve in.
Distrust, n. Suspicion, misgiving, doubt, mistrust, want of confidence.