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distracted

Pronunciation:  di'straktid

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Matching Terms:  distractedly, distractedness, distracter

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
  2. [adj]  affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
 
 Synonyms: brainsick, crazy, demented, distrait, disturbed, inattentive, insane, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Dis*tract"ed\, a.
Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.

      My distracted mind.                      --Pope.

 
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