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of a bereaved parent. 2 calamity, trouble, adversity,
catastrophe, tragedy, misfortune, difficulty, hardship, straits,
trial, disaster: Has he no sympathy for the distresses that
have beset his people?
--v. 3 bother, disturb, perturb, upset, trouble, worry, harrow,
harry, vex, harass, plague, oppress, grieve, torment, torture,
afflict: The thought of Miss Camberley as a hostage distressed
us all.
distribute
v. 1 deal or dole out, parcel out, give (out), mete out,
dispense, apportion, allot, share (out), partition, divide up,
assign, issue, circulate, pass out, pass round or around, hand
out, deliver, convey, Colloq dish or spoon out: Emergency
rations were distributed to the flood victims. 2 disperse,
scatter, strew, spread (round or around or about), diffuse,
disseminate: Mammals are uniformly distributed over the globe.
3 sort, classify, class, categorize, assort, arrange, group,
file, order: Distribute the packages according to their size.
distribution
n. 1 apportionment, allotment, allocation, assignment,
parcelling or US also parceling out, sharing; deployment: She
supervised the distribution of the prizes. 2 issuance,
circulation, dissemination, giving (out), dispersal,
dispensation; deployment: The distribution of food parcels is
being handled by charities. 3 arrangement, disposition,
grouping, classification, order, ordering, division,
cataloguing, codification; deployment: What is the distribution
of scientists among the population?
district n. territory, region, section, sector, division, partition,
part, precinct, locality, area, locale, department, province,
community, quarter, neighbourhood, ward: We need a new hospital
in our district.
distrust v. 1 mistrust, doubt, question, be sceptical of, be circumspect
or cautious about, suspect, be suspicious or wary of, discredit,
disbelieve, Colloq smell a rat; Colloq be leery of: I
distrusted her motives from the very beginning.
--n. 2 mistrust, doubt, doubtfulness, uncertainty,