- Types Of Speech
- You can use distract as a verb in a sentence.
- About Distract
- A 2 syllables verb and 8 letters with the letters a, c, d, i, r, s, and t, 6 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters tr. Distract starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, di, dis, dist, distr, and the ending characters are t, ct, act, ract, tract, ..
- Definition
- Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- Compound Words
- A compound word, distract has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are dis, and tract.
- School Grade
- Distract is set as a grade six word that starts with d, ends with t, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Distract in Pig Latin is said as "istractday or istractdway".
- Unigram
- d | i | s | t | r | a | c | t
- Bigram
- di | is | st | tr | ra | ac | ct
- Trigram
- dis | ist | str | tra | rac | act
- Quadrigram
- dist | istr | stra | trac | ract
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;
"She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" - draw someone's attention away from something;
"The thief distracted the bystanders";
"He deflected his competitors"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absorb | cause to become one with "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" |
| Addle | become rotten "addled eggs" |
| Admonish | take to task "He admonished the child for his bad behavior" |
| Agitate | change the arrangement or position of |
| Alien | a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere |
| Alienate | arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness |
| Amaze | be a mystery or bewildering to "This beats me!" "Got me--I don''t know the answer!" "a vexing problem" "This question really stuck me" |
| Amuse | make (somebody) laugh "The clown amused the children" |
| Annoyance | the act of troubling or annoying someone |
| Aplomb | great coolness and composure under strain "keep your cool" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Distract
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Distract | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" |
View English words with the unique letters used in distract. Words With The Letters Acdirst
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anxiousness | a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments |
| Disquiet | the trait of seeming ill at ease |
| Distraction | the act of distracting drawing someone''s attention away from something "conjurers are experts at misdirection" |
| Disturbance | the act of disturbing something or someone setting something in motion |
| Fluster | a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset |
| Perturbation | the act of causing disorder |
| Trouble | an effort that is inconvenient "I went to a lot of trouble" "he won without any trouble" "had difficulty walking" "finished the test only with great difficulty" |
| Unease | the trait of seeming ill at ease |
| Uneasiness | inability to rest or relax or be still |
| Upset | an improbable and unexpected victory "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Disturb | damage as if by shaking or jarring "Don''t disturb the patient''s wounds by moving him too rapidly!" |
| Trouble | an effort that is inconvenient "I went to a lot of trouble" "he won without any trouble" "had difficulty walking" "finished the test only with great difficulty" |
| Upset | an improbable and unexpected victory "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vex | be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don''t know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" |
| Worry | something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it''s a major worry" |
Distract Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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