vverb.emotiondraw someone's attention away from somethingSynset:deflect distract
Examples:- The thief distracted the bystanders
- He deflected his competitors
Derivationally Related Form:distraction
Hypernyms:confuse disconcert flurry put off
Inherited Hypernyms:distractconfuseembarrassupsetarousemake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.emotiondisturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmedSynset:cark disorder disquiet distract perturb trouble unhinge
Examples:- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
Derivationally Related Form:distractiondisquietperturbationtrouble
Hypernyms:disturb trouble upset
Inherited Hypernyms:perturbdisturbaffect
Direct Hyponyms:vexworry
Full Troponyms:eatmisgivenagworry
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: distract) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: disquiet, distract, perturb, unhinge, trouble)
adj satadj.allhaving the attention diverted especially because of anxietySynset:distrait
Antonyms:attentive
Inherited Hypernyms:distracted
Similar to:inattentive