distract

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb draw someone's attention away from something
  2. verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distractus, from distrahō (“to pull apart”), from dis- + trahō (“to pull”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

deflect

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