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Dictionary: dis·trait   (dĭ-strā') pronunciation
adj.
Inattentive or preoccupied, especially because of anxiety: "When she did not occupy her accustomed chair at the seminar, Freud felt uneasy and distrait" (Times Literary Supplement).

[Middle English, from Old French, past participle of distraire, to distract, from Latin distrahere. See distract.]


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(di-STRAY)

adjective
Inattentive or preoccupied, especially because of anxiety.

Etymology
Middle English, from Old French, past participle of distraire, to distract, from Latin distrahere.

Usage
"The King is distrait, the Fool has been trying to distract him." — Saying it without words, New Straits Times, 10 Dec 1997.


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adjective

    So lost in thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings: absent, absent-minded, abstracted, bemused, faraway, inattentive, preoccupied. Idioms: a million miles away. See ability/inability, awareness/unawareness.

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Definition: distracted
Antonyms: alert, concentrating


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To have one's attention drawn due to anxiety.

pronunciation Upon hearing the news, he was too distrait to continue playing his tuba.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - distræt, adspredt

Nederlands (Dutch)
verstrooid, verontrust

Français (French)
adj. - distrait

Deutsch (German)
adj. - geistesabwesend, gedankenverloren

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αφηρημένος, σαστισμένος

Italiano (Italian)
distratto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - distraído

Русский (Russian)
рассеянный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - distraído

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - disträ

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
心不在焉的, 心神恍惚的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 心不在焉的, 心神恍惚的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 특징, 기색

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - うわの空の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شارد الذهن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מבולבל, מפוזר‬


 
 
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