Dictionary Entry
distraction
distraction is a 11-letter English word with 11 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.
- 2noun
That which diverts attention; a diversion.
- 3noun
A diversity of direction; detachment.
- 4noun
State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity.
- 5noun
Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions.
- 6noun
Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair.
- 7noun
Derangement of the mind; madness.
- 8noun
the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
"conjurers are experts at misdirection"
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- 9noun
an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
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- 10noun
mental turmoil
"he drives me to distraction"
- 11noun
an obstacle to attention
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