distrait
adjective
[ dɪˈstreɪ ]
• distracted or absent-minded.
• "he seemed oddly distrait"
Similar:
distracted,
preoccupied,
absorbed,
engrossed,
abstracted,
distant,
faraway,
absent-minded,
absent,
forgetful,
vague,
inattentive,
oblivious,
heedless,
in a brown study,
wool-gathering,
with one's head in the clouds,
in a world of one's own,
scatterbrained,
miles away,
Opposite:
alert,
concentrating,
Origin:
mid 18th century: French, from Old French destrait, past participle of destraire ‘distract’, from Latin distrahere ‘pull apart’ (see distract).
