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Synonyms for distracted

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-strak-tid
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstræk tɪd

Définition of distracted

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "to draw asunder or apart, to turn aside" (literal and figurative), from Latin distractus, past participle of distrahere "draw in different directions," from dis- "away" (see dis-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)).
  • Sense of "to throw into a state of mind in which one knows not how to act" is from 1580s. Related: Distracted; distracting; distractedly; distractedness.
  • adj troubled
  • adj absent-minded
Example sentences :
  • If Dr. von Horn were only there, thought the distracted girl.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • He himself had been distracted by all those extraordinary narratives.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • The two distracted women had not even the money to bury him.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • And he felt that he was as distracted, as upset, as himself.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • They are not distracted with the fear of evils to come nor the hopes of future good.
  • Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus
  • If he had no hope of heaven, he was at least distracted that he must lose it.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • But she says the mother is distracted because she cannot buy it a grave and a coffin.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • That dreadful music had distracted her, that—and something else, her tricked expectation.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Again the distracted man ransacked his papers and shook his portfolio.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • The young girl answered "yes" to everything, with a distracted look.
  • Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola

Antonyms for distracted

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