'Distracted' definitions:
Definition of 'distracted'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety [syn: distracted, distrait]
Definition of 'Distracted'
From: GCIDE
- Distract \Dis*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p. p. Distraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Distracting.]
- 1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin. [1913 Webster]
- A city . . . distracted from itself. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention. [1913 Webster]
- Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass. [1913 Webster]
- Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted. [1913 Webster]
- A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Distracted'
From: GCIDE
- Distracted \Dis*tract"ed\, a. Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad. [1913 Webster]
- My distracted mind. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'distracted'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- abashed,
- abroad,
- adrift,
- amok,
- astray,
- at sea,
- bellowing,
- berserk,
- bewildered,
- bothered,
- careless,
- carried away,
- clueless,
- confused,
- delirious,
- demoniac,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- dismayed,
- disoriented,
- disregardant,
- disregardful,
- distrait,
- distraught,
- distressed,
- disturbed,
- ecstatic,
- embarrassed,
- enraptured,
- feral,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- frantic,
- frenzied,
- fulminating,
- furious,
- guessing,
- haggard,
- harassed,
- heedless,
- hog-wild,
- howling,
- hysterical,
- in a fix,
- in a maze,
- in a pickle,
- in a scrape,
- in a stew,
- in a transport,
- in hysterics,
- inadvertent,
- inattentive,
- incurious,
- indifferent,
- inobservant,
- intoxicated,
- lost,
- mad,
- madding,
- maniac,
- mazed,
- negligent,
- off the track,
- orgasmic,
- orgiastic,
- perturbed,
- possessed,
- put-out,
- rabid,
- raging,
- rambling,
- ramping,
- ranting,
- raving,
- ravished,
- regardless,
- roaring,
- running mad,
- storming,
- thoughtless,
- tormented,
- transported,
- troubled,
- turned around,
- uncontrollable,
- unheedful,
- unheeding,
- unmarking,
- unmindful,
- unnoticing,
- unnoting,
- unobservant,
- unobserving,
- unremarking,
- upset,
- violent,
- wandering,
- wild,
- wild-eyed,
- wild-looking,
- without a clue,
- worried