Dictionary Entry
distract
distract is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Separated; drawn asunder. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Separated; drawn asunder.
- 2adjective
Insane; mad.
- 3transitive verb
To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
- 4transitive verb
To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.
- 5transitive verb
To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
- 6transitive verb
To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.
- 7verb
disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
"She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
- 8verb
draw someone's attention away from something
"The thief distracted the bystanders"
"He deflected his competitors"
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