adj insane; mad.
2. distract ·adj separated; drawn asunder.
3. distract ·vt to draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
4. distract ·vt to agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
5. distract ·vt to unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden;
most frequently used in the participle, distracted.
6. distract ·vt to draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.