distract Definition

distract
verb distracted, distracting

1. To divert their attention from it.

Form: distract someone from something (usually)
Form: distract someone's attention from something
2. To entertain or amuse someone.

Thesaurus: divert, amuse, entertain, beguile, engross.
3. To confuse, worry or anger someone.

Thesaurus: puzzle, confuse, confound, trouble, torment, disconcert, sidetrack, mislead, bewilder, madden, disturb, perplex, discompose, faze, harass.

Derivative: distracted
adj

Troubled or very anxious
Thesaurus: troubled, confused, confounded, perplexed, puzzled, flustered, anxious, distressed, distraught, overwrought, hassled, frazzled; Antonym: calm.

Derivative: distracting
adj

Etymology: 14c: from Latin distrahere to draw apart.