Distract(a.) Separated; drawn asunder.
Distract(a.) Insane; mad.
Distract(v. t.) To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
Distract(v. t.) To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.
Distract(v. t.) To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
Distract(v. t.) To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.
Distracted(a.) Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.
Distracted(imp. & p. p.) of Distract
Distractedly(adv.) Disjointedly; madly.
Distracter(n.) One who, or that which, distracts away.
Distractful(a.) Distracting.
Distractible(a.) Capable of being drawn aside or distracted.
Distracting(a.) Tending or serving to distract.
Distracting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distract
Distraction(n.) The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.
Distraction(n.) That which diverts attention; a diversion.
Distraction(n.) A diversity of direction; detachment.
Distraction(n.) State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity.
Distraction(n.) Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions.
Distraction(n.) Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair.
Distraction(n.) Derangement of the mind; madness.
Distractive(a.) Causing perplexity; distracting.
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