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distracted, distrait, distraught
distracted (di STRAKT id) (verb)
To call attention away from the focus of a situation: The loud shout on the street distracted the concentration and thinking of the people in the bank.
distrait (di STRAY); distraite (dis TRAYT) [French] (adjective)
Inattentive or preoccupied, especially because of anxiety: When Shauna didn't show up for the meeting, her employer was uneasy and distrait.
distraught (di STRAWT) (adjective)
Confused or stirred up due to mental conflict, anxiety or doubt: When Sheena's son was late coming home from school, she was distraught, imagining all sorts of things which might have happened to him.

Frieda's mother appeared to be distraught and distrait during the school meeting and we were all distracted by the noise of the train speeding past across the street.

distrait (adjective), more distrait, most distrait
1. A reference to something which or someone who interferes with another person's full attention to something: The death of her father caused Jane to be so distrait, that she couldn’t concentrate on her work as a secretary.
2. Relating to someone who has his or her attention diverted; especially, because of anxiety about something: Mrs. Smith, Jack’s teacher, had to ask him the same question twice because he was such a distrait student at the time and he wasn’t able to pay attention to what she was talking about.
A reference to being distracted and so not paying attention.
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Relating to being inattentive because of apprehension.
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