Standard Lemma guide

distracted

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /dɪˈstɹæk.tɪd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S T R AE1 K T AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: D IH0 S T R AE1 K T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

having one's attention diverted; preoccupied; distrait (literary)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

distraught

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of distract

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: distrait

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُشتَّت — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • Bulgarian: объркан (obǎrkan) — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • Catalan: distret — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • Dutch: afgeleid — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • French: distrait — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • Georgian: გონებაგაფანტული (gonebagapanṭuli) — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • Georgian: უყურადღებო (uq̇uradɣebo) — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • Georgian: დაბნეული (dabneuli) — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • German: abgelenkt — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • Italian: distratto — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • Latin: districtus — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • Māori: pakihaha — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • Māori: manawarau — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • Portuguese: distraído — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • Spanish: distraído — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • Swedish: distraherad — having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • Finnish: hermostunut — distraught
  • Finnish: poissa tolaltaan — distraught
Real reading context

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