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Adjective distracted has 2 senses
- brainsick, crazy, demented, distracted, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged - affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
Antonym: sane (indirect, via insane)
- distracted, distrait - having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
Antonym: attentive (indirect, via inattentive)
Verb distract has 2 senses
- distract, deflect - draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"
--1 is one way to confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
--2 is one way to disturb, upset, trouble
Sample sentences:
The bad news will distract him
The performance is likely to distract Sue
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