Definition of Distracted

1. Adjective. Having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety.

Exact synonyms: Distrait
Similar to: Inattentive

Definition of Distracted

1. a. Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.

Definition of Distracted

1. Verb. (past of distract) ¹

2. Adjective. having one's attention diverted; preoccupied ¹

3. Adjective. distraught ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Distracted

1. distract [v] - See also: distract

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distracted

distorting
distortion
distortion aberration
distortional
distortionary
distortionist
distortionists
distortionless
distortions
distortive
distortively
distorts
distoversion
distract
distractable
distracted
distractedly
distractedness
distracter
distracters
distractful
distractibility
distractible
distractile
distracting
distractingly
distraction
distraction conus
distractions
distractious

Literary usage of Distracted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"The sword is again lost; when Thisbe goes around distracted. Her friends point to it underneath Pyramus; she has to arouse him to get it. ..."

2. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy (1887)
"THE Distracted PURITAN. MAD SONG THE SECOND, WAS written about the beginning of the seventeenth ... Distracted ..."

3. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"However, the false movements of the first and fourth corps distracted the Spaniards, and emboldened the French partisans, who were very numerous both in ..."

4. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"Attention distracted from internal reforms by foreign interests. — A consciousness that government regulation had gone too far for the interests of commerce ..."

5. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"Attention distracted from internal reforms by foreign interests. — A consciousness that government regulation had gone too far for the interests of commerce ..."

6. The History of Modern Europe: And a View of the Progress of Society from the by William Russell (1837)
"I shall, therefore, consider the history of France, during this distracted period, as only an introduction to the invasion of that kingdom by Henry V. As ..."

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