Reverse Dictionary: DISTRACT

ADJECTIVES
► AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES distracted or in a dream-world → 1934
► BESTRACT distracted → 1581 obs.
► BESTRAUGHT distracted, bereft of wits → 1580 obs.
► BESTRAUGHTED distracted → a1650 obs.
► BILLED distracted, half mad → 1869 Eng. dial.
► CRAZIED made crazy, distracted → 1842
► DANDY distracted → 1873 Eng. dial.
► DISTRACTIOUS fraught with distractions, distracting → 1667 obs.
► FLAKY distracted, inattentive, unreliable → 1959 US sl.
► FORSTRAUGHT distracted → c1386 obs.
► IDLE-HEADED distracted, delirious; off one’s head; out of one’s wits → 1599 obs.
► LANTERED distracted, hard-pressed, harassed; beaten → 1870 Eng. dial.
► MARRED distracted, perplexed, bewildered, bemused → c1350 obs.
► ON THE RAG distracted and irritable → 1963 US sl.
► RED-MAD distracted, raging mad, insane; furious; eager → 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RUNNING easily distracted; rapidly changing from one thought or interest to another; flighty, changeable → c1449 obs.
► SCRANNY distracted, crazy, mad; simple, foolish; bewildered → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SPARE distracted or distressed; distraught; angry, crazy → 1964 UK sl.
► TOEY nervous, on edge, distracted → 2012 (Bk.)
► TRANCED ► TRANCED OUT in a state of extreme distraction → 1997 UK sl.
► UP THE POLE distraught through anger, fear, etc. → L19 Aust. sl.
► WOOL-GATHERED distracted, muddled, bewildered → 1891 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► BESTRAUGHTING distracting, distraction of the wits → 1585 obs.
► MESSY ATTIC a mind which is very distracted, confused → 1960s Amer. sl.
► PUT-BY a distraction, a delay; a putting something by or setting something aside → 1548 obs.
► RAMSCOOTER ► RAMSQUEETER a state of distracted activity → 1922 Sc.
► SMOKE-SCREEN a deliberate distraction or diversion; something designed to conceal or mislead → 1926

NOUNS – PERSON
► MOONCALF a distracted, absent-minded person → a1627
► SPACE CADET a perpetually distracted, dizzy person → 1973 sl.

VERBS
► GO SPARE to become distracted, upset, or angry → 1958 Brit. sl.
► HAVE STRAWS IN ONE’S HAIR to be distracted, insane, or eccentric → 1923
► HAVE THE RAG ON to be distracted and irritable → 1963 US sl.
► PARCEL to distract, to be divided in mind → 1865 Eng. dial.
► TUG SOMEONE’S HEAD to distract someone’s attention → 1984 Aust. prison sl. (Bk.)
► WEEWAW to distract, to perplex → 1890 Amer. dial.