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Definition of distraction : 1. A diversity of direction; detachment.
2. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair.
3. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions.
4. Derangement of the mind; madness.
5. State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity.
6. That which diverts attention; a diversion.
7. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.

Synonyms:

fever, flap, head-scratching, animal magnetism, muddle, confusedness, discombobulation, digression, hysteria, perplexity, agitation, devilment, off-putting, frolic, unsettling, intrusion, bewilderment, distracting, bafflement, bewitchery, bemusement, giggle, bewilderedness, gaieties, feverishness, embarrassment, confusion, mismanagement, fury, distress, engrossment, misdirection, delight, tangle, abstraction, madness, amazement, delirium, beguilement, fling, whirl, astonishment, furor, maze, doubt, excite, uproar, puzzlement, haze, diversionary, disturbance, deliriousness, mystification, furore, rage, bamboozlement, fog, rampage

amusement (part of speech: noun)

hilarity, pastime, sport, recreation, tonic, game, entertainment, levity, relaxation, amusement, stimulation, humor, merriment, hobby, diversion, play, frivolity, refreshment, jolliness, fun, jocularity, whimsicality, divertissement, celebration, pleasure

inattention (part of speech: noun)

apathy, befuddlement, lack of interest, disregard, disinterestedness, dreaminess, absent-mindedness, heedlessness, inadvertence, obliviousness, unconsciousness, inattention, detachment, negligence, incuriosity, disregardfulness, thoughtlessness, carelessness, indifference, lapse, oversight, preoccupation, unconcern, inobservance, absence, forgetfulness, aloofness

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