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Adjective

Unable to concentrate because one is mentally preoccupied with something

Agitated due to worry or fear

Feeling mentally confused or bewildered

Displaying a lack of sensibleness or good judgment

Of unsound mind, or seemingly so

Intensely preoccupied with, or by, a given topic or emotion

Inclined to behave in a reckless or outrageous manner

On the ocean or sea, typically of a ship or person aboard a ship

To have instigated the curiosity or attention of someone

Past tense for to divert one's mind or attention (to something else)

Past tense for to bother or cause unease to one's mental or emotional state

Past tense for to entertain or amuse

Past tense for to cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful

Past tense for to divert or distract (someone) from a main issue or course of action

Past tense for to speak or act in a deliberately vague way to gain more time to deal with something

Past tense for to cause to become angry

Past tense for to attract or lure by temptation

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Adjective

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Unable to concentrate because one is mentally preoccupied with something

driven to distraction

in a world of your own

fantasizing^US

fantasising^UK

with a mind like a sieve

wrapped up

with your head in the clouds

lacking concentration

off in a world of one's own

with a memory like a sieve

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“He found himself increasingly distracted by thoughts of all the people who had treated him well.”

Adjective

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Agitated due to worry or fear

at the end of your tether

not knowing what to do with oneself

tearing one's hair out

traumatized^US

like a chicken with its head cut off

in a state of agitation

traumatised^UK

with one's stomach in knots

like a cat on a hot tin roof

having butterflies in the stomach

shaking in one's shoes

with your heart in your mouth

driven to distraction

knock-down-and-drag-out

woolly^UK

wooly^US

untrammeled^US

like Piccadilly Circus

bursting at the seams

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“The Rabshakeh was distracted by news of the Assyrian king's movements and left to join him.”

Adjective

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Feeling mentally confused or bewildered

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

woolly^UK

wooly^US

not knowing if you are coming or going

made to scratch their head

confusticated

lost at sea

got

had their heads messed with

besotted

caused to be at a stand

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

in a state of confusion

with Alzheimer's disease

not knowing if one is coming or going

filled with astonishment

knocked for six

filled with amazement

openmouthed

lost for words

unable to believe your eyes

filled with awe

caught on the wrong foot

unable to believe one's ears

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“I was distracted by all these emotions of lust and love.”

Adjective

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Displaying a lack of sensibleness or good judgment

away with the fairies

not the full shilling

not right in the head

not quite right in the head

not right upstairs

as daft as a brush

have a screw loose

have bats in the belfry

have kangaroos in the top paddock

flakey^US

flaky^UK

dead from the neck up

stupidly irresponsible

bird-brained

off your chump

off the rails

as thick as two short planks

thick as two short planks

beyond the bounds of possibility

not worth considering

devoid of intelligence

beyond the realm of reason

not remotely possible

out of touch with reality

blue-sky

without rhyme or reason

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Adjective

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Of unsound mind, or seemingly so

away with the fairies

not quite right in the head

not the full shilling

not right upstairs

not right in the head

as daft as a brush

have a screw loose

have bats in the belfry

have kangaroos in the top paddock

not in your right mind

severely mentally ill

a few cards shy of a full deck

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

one card shy of a full deck

flakey^US

flaky^UK

deprived of one's wits

having kangaroos in the top paddock

one sandwich short of a picnic

out of one's tree

as mad as a March hare

severely mentally disordered

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

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Adjective

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Intensely preoccupied with, or by, a given topic or emotion

focused^US

focussed^UK

mesmerised^UK

mesmerized^US

rapt

hypnotised^UK

hypnotized^US

having a one-track mind

eat sleep and breathe

with your head in the clouds

taken up by

distrait

in a world of your own

enamoured^UK

enamored^US

enamored of^UK

head over heels in love

consumed with desire for

head over heels in love with

enquiring^UK

swept off one's feet by

inquiring^US

burning with curiosity

very enthusiastic about

under someone's spell

ensorcelled by

hopelessly in love with

very taken with

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Adjective

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Inclined to behave in a reckless or outrageous manner

jumping to conclusions

careless of one's duty

leaving self wide open

leading with one's chin

off guard

pay no mind

fast-and-loose

sticking one's neck out

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Verb

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On the ocean or sea, typically of a ship or person aboard a ship

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

knocked the stuffing out of

hit like a ton of bricks

bowled over

caught off balance

knocked sideways

made someone scratch their head

caused to be at a stand

balked^US

baulked^UK

setted someone thinking

shaken up

stopped someone in their tracks

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To have instigated the curiosity or attention of someone

tantalized^US

mesmerised^UK

mesmerized^US

tantalised^UK

aroused one's curiosity

bewitched

captured one's imagination

engaged one's attention

floated someone's boat

tickled someone's fancy

whetted one's appetite

monopolized^US

monopolised^UK

hypnotized^US

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

held the attention of

become an obsession with

hypnotised^UK

became an obsession with

magnetized^US

magnetised^UK

enamored^US

enamoured^UK

made your mouth water

whetted the appetite of

galvanized^US

grabbed the attention of

kept someone hanging on

turned someone's head

galvanised^UK

dangled a carrot in front of

aroused the curiosity of

given someone a thrill

gave someone a thrill

done it for someone

did it for someone

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Past tense for to divert one's mind or attention (to something else)

“That question is the only thing that could possibly distract me from what has just happened.”

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Past tense for to bother or cause unease to one's mental or emotional state

put someone off their stroke

put out of countenance

put someone off their stride

muddled

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

made someone scratch their head

caused to be at a stand

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

setted someone back on their heels

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

tantalised^UK

tantalized^US

setted someone thinking

put in a spot

put in a hole

put on the spot

caused someone to lose their composure

given a hard time

gave a hard time

astonished

hurt somebody's feelings

messed with one's head

terrorized^US

paralysed^UK

paralyzed^US

terrorised^UK

filled with consternation

balked^US

baulked^UK

agonized^US

pulled the rug from under

pulled the rug out from under

agonised^UK

stopped someone in their tracks

caused someone to lose their concentration

labored^US

laboured^UK

pressurized^US

criticized^US

traumatized^US

pressurised^UK

traumatised^UK

caviled^US

cavilled^UK

criticised^UK

caused to feel mental strain

pushed to the limit

blenched from

went through the mill

made tense

gotten in a lather

stewed over

pressed the panic button

caused concern to

blanched from

caused to feel emotional strain

carried on

hacked you off

occupied thoughts

gone through the mill

found fault

wrestled with oneself

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“Worried that the news would distract me before my exams, she tried her best to hide the letter.”

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Past tense for to entertain or amuse

held the attention of

mesmerized^US

magnetized^US

humored^US

humoured^UK

hypnotized^US

magnetised^UK

hypnotised^UK

mesmerised^UK

made someone feel good

enamored^US

spoilt^UK

spoiled^US

made roll in the aisles

sold

refreshed

cloyed

warmed the cockles of the heart

made a fuss of

done the trick

did the trick

gave someone pleasure

gave a lift

given someone pleasure

given great pleasure to

gave someone a charge

gave great pleasure to

given joy to

given someone a charge

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Past tense for to cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful

rubbed up the wrong way

Verb

Past tense for to divert or distract (someone) from a main issue or course of action

gotten off the subject

strayed from the point

strayed from the subject

deviated from the topic

got off the point

gotten off the point

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Past tense for to speak or act in a deliberately vague way to gain more time to deal with something

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Past tense for to cause to become angry

drove you to distraction

driven you to distraction

drove you round the bend

driven you round the bend

drove you round the twist

driven you round the twist

made somebody's hackles rise

made someone see red

wound up

drove to distraction

driven to distraction

drove you off your head

driven you off your head

got your hackles up

gotten your hackles up

drove you out of your mind

driven you out of your mind

made somebody's blood boil

drove up the wall

driven up the wall

Verb

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Past tense for to attract or lure by temptation

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