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.
Definitions
- adjective. Separated; drawn asunder.
- adjective. Insane; mad.
- transitive verb. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
- transitive verb. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.
- transitive verb. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
- transitive verb. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.
- verb. 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"
- verb. draw someone's attention away from something
"The thief distracted the bystanders"
"He deflected his competitors"
Synonyms
cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, trouble, unhinge, deflect
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in distract:
Common word forms
distracts, distracted, distracter, distracting
Words from these letters
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