Crossword-Solution: DISTRACT
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Distract | a. | Separated; drawn asunder. |
| Distract | a. | Insane; mad. |
| Distract | v. t. | To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin. |
| Distract | v. t. | To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention. |
| Distract | v. t. | To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass. |
| Distract | v. t. | To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted. |
We have 36 clues for the answer “DISTRACT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Divert, as the mind or attention. | 1 answer |
| Divert attention | 1 answer |
| Deflect, as one's attention | 1 answer |
| Amuse, entertain | 1 answer |
| Throw off the scent | 2 answers |
| Steal attention from | 2 answers |
| TURN aside from proper direction or course | 4 answers |
| Preoccupy | 10 answers |
| Play (with) | 11 answers |
| ball up | 16 answers |
| call away | 21 answers |
| Madden | 29 answers |
| Addle | 34 answers |
| derange | 35 answers |
| make havoc | 38 answers |
| Infuriate | 39 answers |
| Discon-cert | 39 answers |
| misdirect | 41 answers |
| Befuddle | 42 answers |
| Rattle | 42 answers |
| fuddle | 44 answers |
| Entertain | 45 answers |
| make mad | 46 answers |
| Fluster | 47 answers |
| Divert | 47 answers |
| Amuse | 48 answers |
| Call off | 51 answers |
| Bewilder | 51 answers |
| Perplex | 56 answers |
| blind | 57 answers |
| Dazzle | 59 answers |
| dislocate | 70 answers |
| Craze | 74 answers |
| Frenzy | 75 answers |
| Flurry | 78 answers |
| Call __ | 107 answers |
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Sentences with DISTRACT (5)
They are all forms of self-contentment, self-gratification, but the names so disguise them that they distract our attention from the fact.
Tarzan had witnessed the entire performance from the branches of a nearby tree, and now that he saw his friend’s peril he raced toward the infuriated beast with loud cries, hoping to distract him.
She planned amusements to distract Meriem’s attention from her sorrow, and she instituted a well-designed campaign to impress upon the child the desirability of civilized life and customs.
They were both nice girls, accomplished, well-dressed of course, and well enough looking; but they had met no one at the seaside or the mountains whom their taste would allow to influence their fate, and they had come home to the occupations they had left, with no hopes and no fears to distract them.
Tristram, who apparently was animated by a charitable desire to amuse and distract her correspondent.
Quotes with DISTRACT (3)
To me, at least in retrospect, the really interesting question is why dullness proves to be such a powerful impediment to attention. Why we recoil from the dull. Maybe it’s because dullness is intrinsically painful; maybe that’s where phrases like ‘deadly dull’ or ‘excruciatingly dull’ come from. But there might be more to it. Maybe dullness is associated with psychic pain because something that’s dull or opaque fails to provide enough stimulation to distract people from some…
Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT, Universal.
Used 8 times in crossword archives (1961–2012).