distracted

distracted
    adj 1: having the attention diverted especially because of
           anxiety [syn: {distracted}, {distrait}]
    

Distracted \Dis*tract"ed\, a.
   Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.
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         My distracted mind.                      --Pope.
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Distract \Dis*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distracted}, old p.
   p. {Distraught}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distracting}.]
   1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
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            A city . . . distracted from itself.  --Fuller.
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   2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different
      directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the
      eye; to distract the attention.
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            Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination.
                                                  --Goldsmith.
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   3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of
      motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
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            Horror and doubt distract
            His troubled thoughts.                --Milton.
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   4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to
      madden; -- most frequently used in the participle,
      distracted.
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            A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her.
                                                  --Shak.
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103 Moby Thesaurus words for "distracted":
      abandoned, abashed, abroad, adrift, amok, astray, at sea,
      bellowing, berserk, bewildered, bothered, careless, carried away,
      clueless, confused, delirious, demoniac, discomposed, disconcerted,
      dismayed, disoriented, disregardant, disregardful, distrait,
      distraught, distressed, disturbed, ecstatic, embarrassed,
      enraptured, feral, ferocious, fierce, frantic, frenzied,
      fulminating, furious, guessing, haggard, harassed, heedless,
      hog-wild, howling, hysterical, in a fix, in a maze, in a pickle,
      in a scrape, in a stew, in a transport, in hysterics, inadvertent,
      inattentive, incurious, indifferent, inobservant, intoxicated,
      lost, mad, madding, maniac, mazed, negligent, off the track,
      orgasmic, orgiastic, perturbed, possessed, put-out, rabid, raging,
      rambling, ramping, ranting, raving, ravished, regardless, roaring,
      running mad, storming, thoughtless, tormented, transported,
      troubled, turned around, uncontrollable, unheedful, unheeding,
      unmarking, unmindful, unnoticing, unnoting, unobservant,
      unobserving, unremarking, upset, violent, wandering, wild,
      wild-eyed, wild-looking, without a clue, worried