Distract

/dɪˈstɹækt/

Synonyms for "distract" (116 found)

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Closest matches (24)

abrade absorb addle agitate amuseball upbefuddle beguile bemuse bewilder blunt bother bugcall awaychill cloud confound confuse convulse cool

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craze damp

Verb(2 words)

annoys cark

Strong matches (34)

dampen daze deflect delight dement derange deter detractdetract attentiondisaffect discombobulate discompose disconcert discourage disincline disinterest disturb divertdivert the minddrag

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drive insanedrive madembroil engross

Noun(2 words)

dazzledeflected strike

Verb(8 words)

dazzles deceive deflect detracting detracts disorder disquiet divert

Related words (58)

entertain flurry fluster fog frenzy fuddle gratify indispose interest mad maddenmake madmix upmuddle mull mystify occupy perplex perturb psych

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put offpuzzle quench rattle repelsend madshatter sidetrack spook throwthrow into confusionthrow offthrow outtroubleturn asideturn awayturn fromturn offunbalance unhinge unsettle upset weanwean from

Verb(9 words)

feint interrupt misdirect perturb preoccupy sidetrack sidetracked trouble unhinge

Adjective(1 words)

misdirected

Noun(4 words)

misdirecting psyche sidetracks wander

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

8 entries

action verbconfuse disconcert disturb flurryput offtrouble upset

More specific

5 entries

diversion tacticdivert attentionfeint moveredirect focustrick play

Collocations

6 entries

distract classmatesdistract during lessondistract easilydistract from the taskdistract studentsdivert attention

Inflections

3 entries

distracted distracting distracts

Derivations

6 entries

distractable distractibility distractible distracting distractingly distraction

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Please don't distract me from my work.

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In order to distract the others, we brought up this irrelevant issue as a red herring.

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Don't distract me from studying.

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Don't distract me while I am studying.

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