To 'distract' means:
1) to draw one's attention away from a task or matter at hand by being more appealing or interesting
2) to cause someone to be confused or bewildered
3) to trouble or cause someone to be anxious or angry
4) to cause mental illness in; to drive one mad or insane
The word 'distraction' can mean one of the following:
1) confusion or bewilderment in mind
2) mental illness; madness; insanity
3) something troubling in mind that causes one anxiety or anger
4) something that turns one's attention away from the task, subject, or issue at hand usually by being more appealing or interesting
The adjective 'distracted' means:
1) having one's attention turned away from the task, subject, or issue at hand especially by being more appealing or interesting
2) confused or bewildered
3) anxious or angry due to a troublesome situation or person
4) mentally ill; mad; insane
The adjective 'distracting' means:
1) causing one's attention to be turned away from the task, subject, or issue at hand especially by being more appealing or interesting
2) confusing or bewildering
3) troublesome so as to cause one to lose peace of mind
Another word for distract is Perturb.
Distrahere - to distract
She asked me to distract him while she decorated for the party. I didn't want to distract her from studying, so I played my music very low. He told funny jokes to distract her from her troubles.
Yes, distract does have a suffix. The suffix is -act.
i will distract the other player so he does not make the kick
If you train them to be quiet then I think they won't distract you.
I/you/we/they distract. He/she/it distracts. The present participle is distracting.
She tried to distract herself with music while studying for her exam.
she cuts her arm with a rock and lets herself bleed to distract Victoria.
The base word of distract is distract because stract isn't a word, so the full word is distract
to distract
Attract.