having one's attention diverted; preoccupied / distraught

simple past tense and past participle of distract

Something that distracts. / The process of being distracted. / Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion. / Mental disorder; a deranged state of mind; insanity.

(transitive) To divert the attention of. / (transitive) To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction.

(obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder. / (obsolete) Insane; mad.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distract

present participle of distract

plural of distraction

The ease with which a person's concentration can be interfered with by external stimulation or by irrelevant thoughts

causing distraction