English-Thai Dictionary
distract
VT ทำให้ ไขว้เขว ทำให้ เสีย สมาธิ กวน สมาธิ ทำให้ สับสน ทำให้ งุนงง divert bewilder dizzy enlighten tam-hao-kuai-kae
distract from
PHRV หันเห ความสนใจ จาก deflect from divert from han-he-kwam-son-jai-jak
distracted
ADJ ไม่ มีสมาธิ ซึ่ง สับสน งุนงง วิตกกังวล inattentive distrait oblivious attentive mindful wary mai-me-sa-ma-ti
distracting
ADJ ซึ่ง น่ารำคาญ ซึ่ง กวนใจ off-putting sueng-na-ram-kan
distractingly
ADV อย่าง น่ารำคาญ อย่าง กวนใจ yang-na-ram-kan
distraction
N สิ่ง ที่ ทำให้ ไขว้เขว สิ่ง ที่ ทำให้ เสีย สมาธิ สิ่งรบกวน diversion confusion daze sueng-ti-tam-hai-kuai-kae
distractive
A ที่ ทำให้ ไขว้เขว
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DISTRACT
v.t.[L., to draw. See Draw and Drag. The old participle distraught is obsolete. ] 1. Literally, to draw apart; to pull in different directions, and separate. Hence, to divide; to separate; and hence, to throw into confusion. Sometimes in a literal sense. Contradictory or mistaken orders may distract an army.
2. To turn or draw from any object; to divert from any point, towards another point or toward various other objects; as, to distract the eye or the attention.
If he cannot avoid the eye of the observer, he hopes to distract it by a multiplicity of the object.
3. To draw towards different objects; to fill with different considerations; to perplex; to confound; to harass; as, to distract the mind with cares; you distract me with your clamor.
While I suffer thy terrors, I am distracted. Psalm 88:15.
4. To disorder the reason; the derange the regular operations of intellect; to render raving or furious; most frequently used in the participle distracted.
DISTRACT
a.Mad. [Not in use. ]
DISTRACTED
pp. 1. Drawn apart; drawn in different directions; diverted from its object; perplexed; harassed; confounded.
2. a. Deranged; disordered in intellect; raving; furious; mad; frantic.
DISTRACTEDLY
adv. Madly; furiously; wildly.
DISTRACTEDNESS
n.A state of being mad; madness.
DISTRACTER
n.One who distracts.
DISTRACTING
ppr. Drawing apart; separating; diverting from an object; perplexing; harassing; disordering the intellect.
DISTRACTION
n.[L.] 1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.
2. Confusion from a multiplicity of objects crowding on the mind and calling the attention different ways; perturbation of mind; perplexity; as, the family was in a state of distraction. [See 1 Corinthians 7:35.]
3. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as political distractions.
Never was known a night of such distraction.
4. Madness; a state of disordered reason; franticness; furiousness. [We usually apply this word to a state of derangement which produces raving and violence in the patient. ]
5. Folly in the extreme, or amounting to insanity.
On the supposition of the truth of the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, irreligion is nothing better than distraction.
DISTRACTIVE
a.Causing perplexity; as distractive cases.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DISTRACT
Dis *tract ", a. Etym: [L. distractus, p. p. of distrahere to draw asunder; dis- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Distraught. ]
1. Separated; drawn asunder. [Obs. ]
2. Insane; mad. [Obs. ] Drayton.
DISTRACT
Dis *tract ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p. p. Distraught; p.pr. & vb. n. Distracting. ]
1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin. A city. .. distracted from itself. Fuller.
2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention ) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention. Mixed metaphors... distract the imagination. Goldsmith.
3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass. Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts. Milton.
4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted. A poor mad soul; ... poverty hath distracted her. Shak.
DISTRACTED
DISTRACTED Dis *tract "ed, a.
Defn: Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad. My distracted mind. Pope.
DISTRACTEDLY
DISTRACTEDLY Dis *tract "ed *ly, adv.
Defn: Disjointedly; madly. Shak.
DISTRACTEDNESS
DISTRACTEDNESS Dis *tract "ed *ness, n.
Defn: A state of being distracted; distraction. Bp. Hall.
DISTRACTER
DISTRACTER Dis *tract "er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, distracts away.
DISTRACTFUL
DISTRACTFUL Dis *tract "ful, a.
Defn: Distracting. [R.] Heywood.
DISTRACTIBLE
DISTRACTIBLE Dis *tract "i *ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being drawn aside or distracted.
DISTRACTILE
DISTRACTILE Dis *tract "ile, a. (Bot. )
Defn: Tending or serving to draw apart.
DISTRACTING
DISTRACTING Dis *tract "ing, a.
Defn: Tending or serving to distract.
DISTRACTION
Dis *trac "tion, n. Etym: [L. distractio: cf. F. distraction. ]
1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet.
2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot.
3. A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs. ] His power went out in such distractions as Beguiled all species. Shak.
4. State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity. That ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. 1 Cor. vii. 3
5. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions. Never was known a night of such distraction. Dryden.
6. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair. The distraction of the children, who saw both their parents together, would have melted the hardest heart. Tatler.
7. Derangement of the mind; madness. Atterbury.
Syn. -- Perplexity; confusion; disturbance; disorder; dissension; tumult; derangement; madness; raving; franticness; furiousness.
DISTRACTIOUS
DISTRACTIOUS Dis *trac "tious, a.
Defn: Distractive. [Obs. ]
DISTRACTIVE
DISTRACTIVE Dis *trac "tive, a.
Defn: Causing perplexity; distracting. "Distractive thoughts." Bp. Hall.
New American Oxford Dictionary
distract
dis tract |disˈtrakt dəˈstrækt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] prevent (someone ) from giving full attention to something: don't allow noise to distract you from your work | (as adj. distracting ) : she found his nearness distracting. • divert (attention ) from something: it was another attempt to distract attention from the truth. • (distract oneself ) divert one's attention from something worrying or unpleasant by doing something different or more pleasurable: I tried to distract myself by concentrating on Jane. • archaic perplex and bewilder: horror and doubt distract His troubl'd thoughts. ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the sense ‘pull in different directions ’): from Latin distract- ‘drawn apart, ’ from the verb distrahere, from dis- ‘apart ’ + trahere ‘to draw, drag. ’
distracted
dis tract ed |disˈtraktəd dəˈstræktəd | ▶adjective unable to concentrate because one's mind is preoccupied: Charlotte seemed too distracted to give him much attention | she ran her fingers through her hair in a distracted fashion. DERIVATIVES dis tract ed ly adverb
distracting
dis tract ing |disˈtraktiNG | ▶adjective preventing concentration or diverting attention; disturbing: she found his nearness distracting. DERIVATIVES dis tract ing ly adverb [ as submodifier ] : some of my classmates are distractingly pretty
distraction
dis trac tion |disˈtrakSHən dəˈstrækʃən | ▶noun 1 a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else: the company found passenger travel a distraction from the main business of moving freight. • a diversion or recreation: there are plenty of distractions such as sailing. 2 extreme agitation of the mind or emotions: he knew she was nervous by her uncharacteristic air of distraction. PHRASES to distraction (in hyperbolic use ) intensely: she loved him to distraction. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin distractio (n- ), from the verb distrahere (see distract ).
distractor
dis trac tor |disˈtraktər dəˈstræktər | ▶noun a person or thing that distracts. • an incorrect option in a multiple-choice question: four pictures, three of which are distractors.
Oxford Dictionary
distract
distract |dɪˈstrakt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] prevent (someone ) from concentrating on something: don't allow noise to distract you from your work. • divert (attention ) from something: it was another attempt to distract attention from the truth. • (distract oneself ) divert one's attention from something unpleasant by doing something different or more pleasurable: I tried to distract myself by concentrating on Jane. • archaic perplex and bewilder: horror and doubt distract His troubl'd thoughts. ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the sense ‘pull in different directions ’): from Latin distract- ‘drawn apart ’, from the verb distrahere, from dis- ‘apart ’ + trahere ‘to draw, drag ’.
distracted
dis |tract ¦ed |dɪˈstraktɪd | ▶adjective unable to concentrate because one is preoccupied by something worrying or unpleasant: Charlotte seemed too distracted to give him much attention. DERIVATIVES distractedly adverb
distracting
dis |tract |ing |dɪˈstraktɪŋ | ▶adjective preventing concentration or diverting attention; disturbing: she found his nearness distracting. DERIVATIVES distractingly adverb [ as submodifier ] : some of my classmates are distractingly pretty
distraction
dis |trac ¦tion |dɪˈstrakʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 a thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else: the firm found passenger travel a distraction from the main business of moving freight. • a diversion or recreation: there are plenty of distractions such as sailing | [ mass noun ] : he roved the district in search of distraction. 2 [ mass noun ] extreme agitation of the mind: her uncharacteristic air of distraction. PHRASES to distraction almost to a state of madness: she loved him to distraction. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin distractio (n- ), from the verb distrahere (see distract ).
distractor
dis |tract ¦or |dɪˈstraktə | ▶noun a person or thing that distracts: the visual channel is capable of being a powerful distractor. • an incorrect option in a multiple choice question.
American Oxford Thesaurus
distract
distract verb let's not distract Dionne while she's painting: divert, sidetrack, draw away, disturb, put off.
distracted
distracted adjective 1 she seemed distracted today: preoccupied, inattentive, vague, abstracted, distrait, absentminded, faraway, in a world of one's own; bemused, confused, bewildered; troubled, harassed, worried, anxious; informal miles away, not with it. ANTONYMS attentive. 2 she was distracted with worry: crazed, mad, insane, wild, out of one's head, crazy.
distracting
distracting adjective it's a very distracting noise: disturbing, unsettling, intrusive, disconcerting, bothersome, off-putting.
distraction
distraction noun 1 a distraction from the real issues: diversion, interruption, disturbance, interference, hindrance. 2 frivolous distractions: amusement, entertainment, diversion, recreation, leisure pursuit, divertissement. 3 he was driven to distraction: frenzy, hysteria, mental distress, madness, insanity, mania; agitation, perturbation.
Oxford Thesaurus
distract
distract verb don't let me distract you from what you were saying | he was distracted by a ringing sound: divert, deflect, sidetrack, turn aside /away, draw away; disturb, put off, cause to lose concentration.
distracted
distracted adjective he glanced at me with a distracted smile: preoccupied, diverted, inattentive, vague, absorbed, engrossed, abstracted, distrait, distant, absent, absent-minded, faraway; bemused, confused, bewildered, perplexed, puzzled, agitated, flustered, ruffled, disconcerted, discomposed, nonplussed, befuddled, mystified; troubled, pestered, harassed, worried, tormented; informal miles away, in a world of one's own, not with it, fazed, hassled, in a flap. ANTONYMS attentive.
distracting
distracting adjective some people find even the slightest noise distracting: disturbing, unsettling, intrusive, disconcerting, bothersome, confusing; informal off-putting.
distraction
distraction noun 1 he called these stories a distraction from the real issues: diversion, interruption, disturbance, intrusion, interference, obstruction, hindrance. 2 the frivolous distractions of student life: amusement, entertainment, diversion, activity, pastime, recreation, interest, hobby, game, leisure pursuit, occupation, divertissement. 3 he had been driven to distraction when his daughter would not settle down: frenzy, hysteria, mental distress, madness, insanity, wildness, mania, derangement, delirium; bewilderment, befuddlement, perplexity, confusion, disturbance, agitation, perturbation, harassment; archaic crazedness.
French Dictionary
distraction
distraction n. f. nom féminin 1 littéraire Détournement. 2 Manque d ’attention. : Être sujet à des distractions. SYNONYME étourderie ; inattention ; oubli . 3 Divertissement. : Vous avez besoin de distractions. SYNONYME détente .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
distract
dis tract /dɪstrǽkt /〖dis (離れて )tract (引く )〗動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～ed /-ɪd /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈人 物などが 〉 «…から » 〈人 注意など 〉をそらす , 紛らす, 散らす «from » (↔attract ); 〖～ oneself 〗気を紛らす, 気晴らしをする, 楽しむ ▸ The noise distracted him from studying .彼は騒音で気が散り勉強に集中できなかった ▸ distract her from worrying 心配する彼女の気持ちを紛らす ▸ I'll distract myself from my despair .絶望から気を紛らそう 2 〖通例be ～ed 〗〈人などが 〉 «…のことで » 動転する, 当惑 [困惑 ]する «by , with » ▸ Do not be distracted by words you do not understand .理解できない言葉に惑わされるな
distracted
dis tr á ct ed /-ɪd /形容詞 〈人などが 〉【心配などで 】気が散った, 動転した, 取り乱した, 気が違ったような «by , with » .～ly 副詞 集中できずに, 気を取り乱して .
distracting
dis tr á ct ing 形容詞 人の気を散らす [そらす, 紛らす ](ような ); 気を動転させる (ような ).～ly 副詞
distraction
dis tr á c tion 名詞 1 U C 気 [集中力 ]を散らす [紛らす ]物 [こと ]; 気が散ること .2 C 気晴らし, 娯楽 .3 U (気持ちの )動転, 乱心, 困惑 ; 精神錯乱, 狂気 ▸ His behavior will drive his parents to distraction .彼の行為は両親をいらつかせるだろう
The Wordsmith Dictionary