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.]

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.

adj

Definition: distracted
Antonyms: alert, concentrating

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

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

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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