Definitions for distracted

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distracted dis·tract·ed

Spelling: [dih-strak-tid]

IPA: /dɪˈstræk tɪd/

Distracted is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 713 anagrams from letters in distracted (acddeirstt).

Definitions for distracted

adjective

1. having the attention diverted:
2. rendered incapable of behaving, reacting, etc., in a normal manner, as by worry, remorse, or the like; irrational; disturbed.
3. Obsolete. distracted.

verb (used with object)

1. to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention:
2. to disturb or trouble greatly in mind; beset:
3. to provide a pleasant diversion for; amuse; entertain:
4. to separate or divide by dissension or strife.

Origin of distracted

First recorded in 1580-90; distract + -ed²

Examples for distracted

Amid our grief we now see that New York had been distracted by flash and wit and cash for too long.

At the moment when the remaining gunmen were distracted by a cellphone call, the five survivors bolted into the darkness.

The two distracted women had not even the money to bury him.

If Dr. von Horn were only there, thought the distracted girl.

They are not distracted with the fear of evils to come nor the hopes of future good.

And he felt that he was as distracted, as upset, as himself.

He himself had been distracted by all those extraordinary narratives.

They end up flirting with some girls while traveling with Ben, and are so distracted that they leave him on a city bus.

Employers—both women and men—think mothers are distracted by family duties.

First we laugh, then we begin to wonder why the man was so distracted that he didn't notice he'd taken the doorknob with him.