distraction

Meanings

Plural: distractions

Noun

• mental turmoil
  • "he drives me to distraction"
• an obstacle to attention
• an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
• the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
• Something that distracts.
• The process of being distracted.
• Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion.
• Mental disarray; a deranged state of mind; insanity.
• Traction so exerted as to separate surfaces normally opposed.

Synonyms

beguilement, misdirection

Related Words

distractee, distracter