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distracted

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dis·tract·ed  (d-strktd)
adj.
1. Having the attention diverted.
2. Suffering conflicting emotions; distraught.

dis·tracted·ly adv.

distracted [dɪˈstræktɪd]
adj
1. (Psychology) bewildered; confused
2. (Psychology) mad
distractedly  adv
distractedness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.distracted - having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
inattentive - showing a lack of attention or care; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"

distracted
adjective
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.
2. frantic, wild, mad, crazy, desperate, raving, frenzied, distraught, insane, deranged, grief-stricken, overwrought, at the end of your tether My father was distracted by grief.
Translations
distracted [dɪsˈtræktɪd] ADJ
1. (= preoccupied) → distraído
2. (o.f.) (= mad) → loco
like one distractedcomo un loco
to be distracted with anxietyestar loco de inquietud
distracted [dɪˈstræktɪd] adj [person] → distrait(e); [look] → distrait(e)
distracted
adj (= preoccupied)abwesend, zerstreut; (= worried, anxious)besorgt, beunruhigt; (= grief-stricken, distraught)außer sich (→ with vor +dat); she screamed like one distractedsie schrie wie eine Irre
distracted [dɪsˈtræktɪd] adj (confused) → confuso/a; (inattentive) → distratto/a
to drive sb distracted → far impazzire qn
distracted [dɪsˈtræktɪd] adj (confused) → confuso/a; (inattentive) → distratto/a
to drive sb distracted → far impazzire qn


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Some princes, so as to hold securely the state, have disarmed their subjects; others have kept their subject towns distracted by factions; others have fostered enmities against themselves; others have laid themselves out to gain over those whom they distrusted in the beginning of their governments; some have built fortresses; some have overthrown and destroyed them.
THROUGH massacres of each other's citizens China and the United States had been four times plunged into devastating wars, when, in the year 1994, arose a Philosopher in Madagascar, who laid before the Governments of the two distracted countries the following MODUS VIVENDI:
he is much distracted by jealousy, which I am not sorry for, as I know no better support of love.
 
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