Associations to the word «Distracted»

Wiktionary

DISTRACTED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of distract
DISTRACTED, adjective. Having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
DISTRACTED, adjective. Distraught

Dictionary definition

DISTRACTED, adjective. Having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats