Distraction

What do we mean by distraction?

The act of distracting, or the condition of being distracted. noun

Something that makes it difficult to pay attention or that draws attention away from familiar or everyday concerns. noun

Mental or emotional disturbance; agitation or confusion. noun

In surgery, the act of pulling upon the segments of a limb so as to cause a separation of the opposing joint-surfaces. noun

The act of drawing or the state of being drawn apart; separation. noun

A drawing away of the mind from one point or course to another or others; diversion of thought or feeling into a different channel or toward different objects. noun

A drawing of the mind in different directions; mental confusion arising from diverse or opposing considerations; perplexity; bewilderment: as, the distraction caused by a multitude of questions or of cares. noun

Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder: as, political distractions. noun

Violent mental excitement, or extreme agony of mind, simulating madness in its tendencies or outward exhibition; despairing perturbation: as, this toothache drives me to distraction. noun

A state of disordered reason; frenzy; insanity; madness. noun

A cause of diversion or of bewilderment, as of the attention or the mind; something that distracts, in any sense: as, the distractions of gayety or of business; labor is often a distraction from gloomy thoughts. noun

In Greek grammar, the dialectic or poetical use of two similar vowels identical in pronunciation, or differing only in quantity, for a single long vowel in the ordinary Greek form: as, φόως for φῶς, ὁρόω for ὁρῶ, κράατος for κρᾶτος,κληηδών for κληδών noun

In French-Canadian law, the divesting of the right to costs from the client or other person presumptively or ordinarily entitled, and the declaration of it to belong to the attorney, guardian, or other person equitably entitled.— noun

A confusing division or course; a misleading separation or detachment of parts. noun

Synonyms Derangement, aberration of mind, delirium, mania. noun

The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. noun

That which diverts attention; a diversion. noun

A diversity of direction; detachment. noun

State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity. noun

Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder. noun

Something that distracts.

The process of being distracted.

Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion.

Mental disorder; a deranged state of mind; insanity.

Traction so exerted as to separate surfaces normally opposed.

Words that are spelled similarly to distraction:
distraction, distriction, distinction, abstraction, destruction, diffraction, detraction, distractor, distracting, distractive, distractions, distractile, distractious, dinstruction.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word distraction:
decoy, smackdown, sneak, distracted, steal, predators, escape, displays, pin, blow, nest, display, emotional, modes, confusion, pain, attention, raw, guards, chase, feelings, tag, attacking, driving, allows.

Words that rhyme with distraction:
action, reaction, traction, interaction, contraction, fraction, transaction, faction, attraction, abstraction, infraction, satisfaction, extraction, inaction, dissatisfaction, retraction, taction, diffraction, exaction, subtraction, liquefaction, paction, overreaction, affirmative action, chain reaction, chemical reaction, capillary action, legal action, direct action, gravitational attraction, magnetic attraction, allergic reaction, law of mass action, nuclear reaction, physiological reaction, improper fraction, delayed action, simple fraction, common fraction, endothermic reaction, weak interaction, evasive action, out of action, coming attraction, photochemical reaction, plan of action, physical attraction, immune reaction, pump action, wasserman reaction, conversion reaction, proper fraction, scene of action, hypersensitivity reaction, possible action, complex fraction, accord and satisfaction, anxiety reaction, carrying into action, thermonuclear reaction, police action, conditioned reaction, slide action, insulin reaction, nuclear fusion reaction, social action, conditional reaction, decimal fraction, defense reaction, exothermic reaction, natural action, type i allergic reaction, continued fraction, fundamental interaction, strong interaction, x-ray diffraction, defence reaction, military action, uterine contraction, gravitational interaction, law of action and reaction, learned reaction, piano action, electromagnetic interaction, startle reaction, compound fraction, impossible action, party to the action, chemical action, chemical attraction, human action, man of action, group action, in full action, party to the transaction, classaction, telaction.

Adjectives that are often used to describe distraction:
welcome, little, only, mental, momentary, visual, much, major, less, mere, pleasant, temporary, unnecessary, constant, gradual, further, external, serious, dangerous, mandibular, slight, minor, possible, joint, cognitive, least, internal, potential, unwelcome, slightest, annoying, flexion, utter, minimal, enough, auditory, perfect, wild, brief, useful, outside, non, callus, irrelevant, sore, sufficient, powerful, irritating, continual, fatal, necessary, greatest, sudden, nice, huge, mild, chief, vertical, sole, perpetual, excessive, added, emotional, longitudinal, lateral, needed, occasional, easy, axial, convenient, terrible, continuous.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective distraction:
increases, condition, displays, injuries, rods, free, test, force, effects, fixation, extension, fractures, view, flexion, implants, table.

Consonant match to distraction:
destruction, distriction.

Words that sound like distraction:
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