The meaning of DISTRACTED is having one's thoughts or attention drawn away : unable to concentrate or give attention to something. How to use distracted in a sentence.

DISTRACTED definition: inattentive; preoccupied. See examples of distracted used in a sentence.

DISTRACTED meaning: 1. nervous or confused because you are worried about something: 2. nervous or confused because you…. Learn more.

If you are distracted, you are not concentrating on something because you are worried or are thinking about something else. She had seemed curiously distracted.

Definition of distracted adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

• It also distracted attention from the continued effects of racism. • But his banter was a way of distracting attention from the issue at hand. • Police said the message was a decoy to distract …

When you're distracted, something else has your attention, making you lose focus or become nervous. If a dog keeps barking or a car alarm won't stop going off, it's easy to become …

1. agitated, troubled, confused, puzzled, at sea, bewildered, bemused, confounded, perplexed, flustered, in a flap (informal) At work, he thought about her all day. He was distracted.

to keep (one's mind) from concentrating: [~ + object] One of the group distracted me by asking for help. [~ + object + from + object] The music distracted us from our work.

DISTRACT definition: to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention. See examples of distract used in a sentence.