That sound distracted my attention from reading.
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Distracted
//dɪˈstɹæk.tɪd//
Synonyms for "distracted" (118 found)
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Strong matches (35)
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2 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 13 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُشتَّت adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
Bulgarian
1 entries- объркан adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
Catalan
1 entries- distret adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
Finnish
2 entries- hermostunut adj (distraught)
- poissa tolaltaan adj (distraught)
French
1 entries- distrait adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
Georgian
3 entries- გონებაგაფანტული adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
- დაბნეული adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
- უყურადღებო adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
German
1 entries- abgelenkt adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
Italian
1 entries- distratto adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
Latin
1 entries- districtus adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
Māori
2 entries- manawarau adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
- pakihaha adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
Portuguese
1 entries- distraído adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
Spanish
1 entries- distraído adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
Swedish
1 entries- distraherad adj (having one's attention diverted; preoccupied)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
And thus his attention was distracted from the sight.
Source: tatoeba (50272)
I distracted myself from the boredom of my long journey by reading mysteries.
Source: tatoeba (278075)
A sudden noise distracted their attention from the game.
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