What is another word for distracted ?

at the end of your tether

Wildly excited or uncontrolled due to worry or fear

not knowing what to do with oneself

tearing one's hair out

driven to distraction

knock-down-and-drag-out

in a state of agitation

in transports of delight

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

last-minute

freaked out

spazzed out

in a frenzy of delight

like a chicken with its head cut off

untrammeled^US

woolly^UK

wooly^US

bursting at the seams

like Piccadilly Circus

hell broke loose

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Adjective

with your head in the clouds

Unable to concentrate because one is preoccupied by something worrying or unpleasant

driven to distraction

in a world of your own

fantasizing^US

fantasising^UK

with a mind like a sieve

lacking concentration

off in a world of one's own

having a memory like a sieve

like an absent-minded professor

with a memory like a sieve

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“He seemed distracted for a second, and then grinned and slung himself up into his bunk.”

Adjective

Feeling confused mentally

not knowing if you are coming or going

woolly^UK

wooly^US

made to scratch their head

confusticated

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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Adjective

not quite right in the head

Displaying a lack of sensibleness or good judgment

away with the fairies

not the full shilling

not 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

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

not in your right mind

having bats in the belfry

not of sound mind

in another world

mentally deranged

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

thick as two short planks

stupidly irresponsible

dead from the neck up

as thick as two short planks

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Adjective

with your head in the clouds

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

taken up by

distrait

in a world of your own

enamoured^UK

enamored^US

enquiring^UK

inquiring^US

burning with curiosity

enamored of^UK

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Adjective

Stricken or disturbed

stricken

disturbed

tormented

traumatised^UK

traumatized^US

wracked

Adjective

Inclined to behave in a reckless or outrageous manner

jumping to conclusions

careless of one's duty

off the top of your head

leading with one's chin

off guard

pay no mind

fast-and-loose

sticking one's neck out

leaving self wide open

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Verb

made someone scratch their head

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

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

caused to be at a stand

setted someone thinking

messed with one's head

made punchy

brought up short

knocked for six

knocked the stuffing out of

inebriated

hit like a ton of bricks

stopped someone in their tracks

paralysed^UK

paralyzed^US

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Verb

captured one's imagination

To have instigated the curiosity or attention of someone

tantalized^US

mesmerised^UK

mesmerized^US

tantalised^UK

aroused one's curiosity

bewitched

engaged one's attention

floated someone's boat

tickled someone's fancy

whetted one's appetite

monopolized^US

monopolised^UK

hypnotized^US

held the attention of

become an obsession with

hypnotised^UK

became an obsession with

magnetized^US

magnetised^UK

whetted the appetite of

enamoured^UK

galvanized^US

made your mouth water

galvanised^UK

enamored^US

kept someone hanging on

turned someone's head

left the door open to

aroused the curiosity of

given someone a thrill

gave someone a thrill

done it for someone

did it for someone

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Verb

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.”

Verb

put someone off their stroke

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

put someone off their stride

irked

put out of countenance

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

made someone scratch their head

made waves

caused to be at a stand

setted someone back on their heels

caused someone to lose their composure

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

balked^US

baulked^UK

tantalised^UK

tantalized^US

astonished

hurt somebody's feelings

caviled^US

cavilled^UK

paralysed^UK

agonized^US

made a big thing out of

pulled the rug from under

made a meal of

made a mountain out of a molehill

pulled the rug out from under

made a thing of

terrorized^US

paralyzed^US

terrorised^UK

dishonoured^UK

agonised^UK

stopped someone in their tracks

ravelled^UK

raveled^US

caused someone to lose their concentration

dishonored^US

filled with consternation

become horror-stricken

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

dampened the spirits of

took the wind out of your sails

taken the wind out of your sails

became horror-stricken

took your breath away

taken your breath away

struck with awe

stricken with awe

eaten away at

gotten on one's nerves

ate away at

got on one's nerves

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

Verb

Past tense for to delight, allure or attract in an almost magical manner

magnetised^UK

magnetized^US

mesmerised^UK

mesmerized^US

held the attention of

humored^US

humoured^UK

hypnotized^US

hypnotised^UK

enamored^US

enamoured^UK

put under magic spell

made roll in the aisles

gotten under your skin

got under your skin

took your breath away

taken your breath away

gave a party

given a party

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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

Verb

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

Verb

driven you to distraction

Past tense for to cause to become angry

drove 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

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