'Distraction' definitions:
Definition of 'distraction'
(from WordNet)
noun
Mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"
noun
An obstacle to attention
noun
An entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations [syn: beguilement, distraction]
noun
The act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection" [syn: distraction, misdirection]
Definition of 'Distraction'
From: GCIDE
- Distraction \Dis*trac"tion\, n. [L. distractio: cf. F. distraction.]
- 1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. [1913 Webster]
- To create distractions among us. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- His power went out in such distractions as Beguiled all species. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity. [1913 Webster]
- That ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. --1 Cor. vii. 35. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions. [1913 Webster]
- Never was known a night of such distraction. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair. [1913 Webster]
- The distraction of the children, who saw both their parents together, would have melted the hardest heart. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Derangement of the mind; madness. --Atterbury.
- Syn: Perplexity; confusion; disturbance; disorder; dissension; tumult; derangement; madness; raving; franticness; furiousness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'distraction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberration,
- abnormality,
- absentmindedness,
- agitation,
- alienation,
- amusement,
- befuddlement,
- bewilderment,
- brain damage,
- brainsickness,
- carelessness,
- clouded mind,
- confusion,
- craziness,
- daftness,
- dementedness,
- dementia,
- derangement,
- disorder,
- disorientation,
- disregard,
- disregardfulness,
- dissipation,
- disturbance,
- diversion,
- divertissement,
- entertainment,
- flightiness,
- flippancy,
- folie,
- frivolousness,
- furor,
- giddiness,
- heedlessness,
- inadvertence,
- inadvertency,
- inattention,
- inattentiveness,
- inconsideration,
- incuriosity,
- indifference,
- inobservance,
- insaneness,
- insanity,
- irrationality,
- levity,
- lightmindedness,
- loss of mind,
- loss of reason,
- lunacy,
- madness,
- mania,
- mental deficiency,
- mental derangement,
- mental disease,
- mental disorder,
- mental disturbance,
- mental illness,
- mental instability,
- mental sickness,
- mind overthrown,
- mindsickness,
- negligence,
- nonobservance,
- obliviousness,
- oddness,
- pixilation,
- possession,
- psychopathy,
- queerness,
- rabidness,
- reasonlessness,
- recreation,
- regardlessness,
- senselessness,
- shallowness,
- shattered mind,
- sick mind,
- sickness,
- strangeness,
- superficiality,
- thoughtlessness,
- unalertness,
- unawareness,
- unbalance,
- unbalanced mind,
- unconsciousness,
- unheedfulness,
- unintentiveness,
- unmindfulness,
- unobservance,
- unsaneness,
- unsound mind,
- unsoundness,
- unsoundness of mind,
- unwariness,
- unwatchfulness,
- upset,
- witlessness