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Distracting
- 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"
Distraction
- noun - an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
- an obstacle to attention
- mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"
- the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection"
Distractive
- - Causing perplexity; distracting.
Distractors
- unknown - People who distract
Distraining
- verb - confiscate by distress
- legally take something in place of a debt payment
- levy a distress on
Distressful
- adjective - causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"
Distressing
- verb - bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
- bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
- causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"
Distributed
- 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 out or scattered about or divided up
- spread throughout a given area; "the function distributes the values evenly"
- to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lectu
Distributer
- noun - electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
- someone who markets merchandise
Distributes
- 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"