DISTRACTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does distracted mean? 

• DISTRACTED (adjective)
  The adjective DISTRACTED has 1 sense:

1. having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety

  Familiarity information: DISTRACTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISTRACTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety

Synonyms:

distracted; distrait

Similar:

inattentive (showing a lack of attention or care)

 Context examples 

He looked upon her, while she made this supplication, in a wild distracted manner; and, when she was silent, gently raised her.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

You may also have misplaced something important because you were distracted.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

To do this, your brain has to recall the memory of her face and then try to match it without getting distracted by all the other sights and sounds of the crowd.

(How the brain pays attention to faces and places, NIH)

The parrot alone was enough to drive her distracted, for he soon felt that she did not admire him, and revenged himself by being as mischievous as possible.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

My friend, who loved above all things precision and concentration of thought, resented anything which distracted his attention from the matter in hand.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was so afraid, you know, that something would happen to put it off, and then I should have gone quite distracted.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Apparently, most came about when people were simply distracted by their cell phones.

(Mobile phone could cause physical pain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I am almost distracted when I think of her; to look at her gives me a pang.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It made little audible gurgles which distracted me.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He was unable, however, to make his way in, and the maids were too distracted with fear to be of any assistance to him.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)