Found 2 items, similar to Distraction.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: distraction distraction n 1: mental turmoil; “he drives me to distraction” 2: an obstacle to attention 3: an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations [syn: beguilement] 4: the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; “conjurers are experts at misdirection” [syn: misdirection]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Distraction Distraction \Dis*trac"tion\, n. [L. distractio: cf. F. distraction.] 1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. [1913 Webster] To create distractions among us. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster] 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. “Domestic distractions.” --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His power went out in such distractions as Beguiled all species. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity. [1913 Webster] That ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. --1 Cor. vii. 35. [1913 Webster] 5. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions. [1913 Webster] Never was known a night of such distraction. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 6. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair. [1913 Webster] The distraction of the children, who saw both their parents together, would have melted the hardest heart. --Tatler. [1913 Webster] 7. Derangement of the mind; madness. --Atterbury. Syn: Perplexity; confusion; disturbance; disorder; dissension; tumult; derangement; madness; raving; franticness; furiousness. [1913 Webster]