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Definition of Distracted
1. Adjective. Having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety.
Definition of Distracted
1. a. Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.
Definition of Distracted
1. Verb. (past of distract) ¹
2. Adjective. having one's attention diverted; preoccupied ¹
3. Adjective. distraught ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Distracted
1. distract [v] - See also: distract
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distracted
Literary usage of Distracted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"The sword is again lost; when Thisbe goes around distracted. Her friends point
to it underneath Pyramus; she has to arouse him to get it. ..."
2. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy (1887)
"THE distracted PURITAN. MAD SONG THE SECOND, WAS written about the beginning of
the seventeenth ... distracted ..."
3. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"However, the false movements of the first and fourth corps distracted the Spaniards,
and emboldened the French partisans, who were very numerous both in ..."
4. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"Attention distracted from internal reforms by foreign interests. — A consciousness
that government regulation had gone too far for the interests of commerce ..."
5. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"Attention distracted from internal reforms by foreign interests. — A consciousness
that government regulation had gone too far for the interests of commerce ..."
6. The History of Modern Europe: And a View of the Progress of Society from the by William Russell (1837)
"I shall, therefore, consider the history of France, during this distracted period,
as only an introduction to the invasion of that kingdom by Henry V. As ..."
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