distraction
noun
[ dɪˈstrakʃ(ə)n ]
• a thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else.
• "the firm found passenger travel a distraction from the main business of moving freight"
• extreme agitation of the mind.
• "her uncharacteristic air of distraction"
Similar:
frenzy,
hysteria,
mental distress,
madness,
insanity,
wildness,
mania,
derangement,
delirium,
bewilderment,
befuddlement,
perplexity,
confusion,
disturbance,
agitation,
perturbation,
harassment,
crazedness,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin distractio(n- ), from the verb distrahere (see distract).
to distraction
• almost to a state of madness.
• "she loved him to distraction"
