distraction English

Meaning distraction meaning

What does distraction mean?

Definitions in simple English

distraction Noun

— A distraction is something that makes you pay attention to something different than what you were paying attention to before. s are a distraction to your school work. You must stop thinking about them whenever you do your school work or else you will fail at school.

distraction

— noun mental turmoil he drives me to distraction

— noun an obstacle to attention

— noun (= misdirection) the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something conjurers are experts at misdirection

— noun (= beguilement) an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations

Synonyms distraction synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as distraction?

distraction English » English

diversion

amusement

beguilement

recreation

pleasure

perplexity

fun

confusion

frenzy

entertainment

pastime

misdirection

disturbance

derangement

bewilderment

absent-mindedness

wildness

violence

upset

stewing

sport

smoke screen

riot

restlessness

relaxation

pursuit

perturbation

occupation

nuisance

nervousness

mishegoss

mental derangement

madness

maddeningly

interference

interest

insanity

inflammation

indecision

inability to choose

hobby

good time

game

fright

frantically

flap

fermentation

failure

excitement

dread

Topics distraction topics

What do people use distraction to talk about?

Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Attention

• What words refer to trying to stop someone from paying attention to something?
  distract someone's attention divert attention distracted distraction diversion

Language and thought Think Mind

Think about

• What words refer to stopping thinking about something?
  drop (a line of thought) distract distraction take your mind off

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Upset

• What words refer to something that causes someone to feel upset?
  agitation distraction pressure trauma traumatic experience turbulence turmoil

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Confused

• What words refer to something that causes someone to feel confused?
  distraction puzzle (n) mystery

Social behavior Social activity

Entertainment, recreation

• What general words refer to things people do for fun?
  recreational activity amusement competition recreation leisure play hobby distraction diversion entertainment frolic fun merriment pastime revelry romp shindig

Examples distraction examples

How do I use distraction in a sentence?

Simple sentences

My only distraction is the game of Go.

Focus on the goal. Everything else is a distraction.

I need a distraction.

He did that to create a distraction.

Movie subtitles

I'll cause a distraction, so sneak away, ok?

Unfortunately, Monsieur Giron, business bores me to distraction.

Believe you me, you bore me to distraction.

Distraction for her father.

This presence knows, and you must needs have heard, how I am punished with a sore distraction.

I missed you but I can see you had a very charming distraction.

We ask for absolute silence, already the smallest distraction can let it end deadly!

Don't disturb my distraction.

It could be the consequence of some distraction, if you know what I mean.

I mean, you're not bored to distraction?

But. not to distraction?

It's the only dependable distraction, and I need that distraction right now.

Tell him about a beach boy that I picked up for pleasure a distraction from panic?

Their clatter would drive me to distraction.

Germaine has a broken heart, she needs distraction.

I love you to distraction!

She burst into the hall and fainted to provide a distraction for Misaki!

No more distraction or futile passions.

This presence knows, and you must needs have heard, how I am punished with sore distraction.

I'd hardly call you a distraction.

You know, I think I need a little distraction myself.

Well, we've got another distraction and it's catching up to us fast.

Frankie set up a distraction so I could make the catch without Nick finding out.

But even more so, it's a good distraction from Jackson.

And I know Mother's going to be bored to distraction.

You know, you aren't the first distraction we have had.

I tell you that if we go to work, we get some distraction we get some distraction.

He's here for business but in need of distraction.

It's the type of distraction that he lacked the most.

He amuses himself within this, and the entire crime is a distraction.

The finest tool for distraction a simple man ever invented.

News and current affairs

Constitutional change is for political leaders a welcome distraction from the much more change-resistant issues of social policy.

Kyoto-style policies can only ever be an expensive distraction from the real business of weaning us off fossil fuels.

Another distraction is exaggerating the threat of inflation.

To be sure, the EU's lengthy internal crisis over the proposed constitution was a major distraction, and damaged the Union's reputation in the Balkans.

In the effort to build a strong and coherent regulatory system for financial markets, the idea of a resolution fund is at best a distraction - and at worst a harbinger of further financial instability.

Huxley's masterpiece, which had more to say about materialism, mood-control, mass-distraction, and social fragmentation than Orwell's, offers a new kind of insight into what is really happening in twenty-first-century China.

When seen in this light, the physical location of gold is purely a distraction.

In one sense, Iraq's weapons of mass destruction were also weapons of mass distraction.

Nevertheless, highlighting Obama's ability to get things done abroad is more than an attempt at distraction; it also sends the message that the domestic-policy impasse is not his fault.

Last year, the distraction was the annexation of Crimea, followed by the encouragement of pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine.

Ironically, this was leading the IMF to focus on its supervisory role. So, in searching for the causes of the IMF's failure, we can rule out distraction by more urgent matters.

Everything else, in this view, is a distraction.

From this point of view, Merkel should be grateful to Cameron for the distraction that he created in Brussels.

Assad would welcome extending the conflict to Lebanon as a distraction.

So, in searching for the causes of the IMF's failure, we can rule out distraction by more urgent matters.

His health-care reform plan, as the Massachusetts vote demonstrated, is perceived as a personal obsession and an entirely unnecessary distraction from much more urgent and vital concerns, such as the financial crisis and unemployment.