Definition of distract

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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..

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Distraction :: Distraction (n.) Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair.
Distracter :: Distracter (n.) One who, or that which, distracts away..
Distraction :: Distraction (n.) State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity.
Distraught :: Distraught (a.) Distracted; perplexed.
Ecstasy :: Ecstasy (n.) Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness.
Insane :: Insane (a.) Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2..
Distractedness :: Distractedness (n.) A state of being distracted; distraction.
Distractious :: Distractious (a.) Distractive.
Distraction :: Distraction (n.) A diversity of direction; detachment.
Embroil :: Embroil (v. t.) To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.
Forstraught :: Forstraught (p. p. & a.) Distracted.
Distractedly :: Distractedly (adv.) Disjointedly; madly.
Amuse :: Amuse (v.) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder..
Distract :: Distract (v. t.) To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted..
Distraction :: Distraction (n.) That which diverts attention; a diversion.
Crack :: Crack (v. t.) To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze..
Distraction :: Distraction (n.) Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions..
Distract :: Distract (v. t.) To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass..
Bestraught :: Bestraught (a.) Out of one's senses; distracted; mad.
Distracted :: Distracted (a.) Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.
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