Word Definition

Distract

  1. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.
  2. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
  3. Separated; drawn asunder.
  4. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
  5. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.
  6. Insane; mad.