distracting
adjective
[ dɪˈstraktɪŋ ]
• preventing concentration or diverting attention; disturbing.
• "she found his nearness distracting"
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’.
