distracted
adjective
[ dɪˈstraktɪd ]
• unable to concentrate because one is preoccupied by something worrying or unpleasant.
• "Charlotte seemed too distracted to give him much attention"
Similar:
preoccupied,
diverted,
inattentive,
vague,
absorbed,
engrossed,
abstracted,
distrait,
distant,
absent,
absent-minded,
faraway,
bemused,
confused,
bewildered,
perplexed,
puzzled,
agitated,
flustered,
ruffled,
disconcerted,
discomposed,
nonplussed,
befuddled,
mystified,
troubled,
pestered,
harassed,
worried,
tormented,
miles away,
in a world of one's own,
not with it,
fazed,
hassled,
in a flap,
distract
verb
• prevent (someone) from concentrating on something.
• "don't allow noise to distract you from your work"
Similar:
divert,
deflect,
sidetrack,
turn aside/away,
draw away,
disturb,
put off,
cause to lose concentration,
disturbing,
unsettling,
intrusive,
disconcerting,
bothersome,
confusing,
off-putting,
Origin:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘pull in different directions’): from Latin distract- ‘drawn apart’, from the verb distrahere, from dis- ‘apart’ + trahere ‘to draw, drag’.
