distracted

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈstɹæk.tɪd/

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Adjective

distracted (comparative more distracted, superlative most distracted)

1. having one's attention diverted; preoccupied; distrait (literary)
   • 2021 September 22, Dr Mike Esbester, “Trackside safety: a permanent problem”, in RAIL, number 940, page 79:

     Plenty of accidents happened with a look-out present but momentarily distracted.

2. distraught
   • 1737, J. Bricknell, The Natural History of North Carolina, page 342:

     Runs about the house like a distracted person crying and making a most hideous noise.

   • 1885, W. S. Gilbert, “Act I”, in The Mikado:

     There'll be a procession— bands— dead march— bells tolling— all the girls in tears— Yum-Yum distracted— then, when it's all over, general rejoicings, and a display of fireworks in the evening.

Derived terms

• distractedly
• distractedness
• nondistracted
• undistracted

Translations

having one's attention diverted; preoccupied

• Arabic: مُشتَّت m
• Bulgarian: объркан (bg) (obǎrkan)
• Catalan: distret (ca)
• Dutch: afgeleid (nl)
• French: distrait (fr)
• Georgian: გონებაგაფანტული (gonebagapanṭuli), უყურადღებო (uq̇uradɣebo), დაბნეული (ka) (dabneuli)
• German: abgelenkt (de)
• Italian: distratto (it)
• Latin: districtus
• Māori: pakihaha, manawarau
• Portuguese: distraído (pt)
• Spanish: distraído (es)
• Swedish: distraherad (sv)

distraught

• Finnish: hermostunut (fi), poissa tolaltaan

Verb

distracted

1. simple past and past participle of distract

Anagrams

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