All distract synonyms

verb distract

• confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
• disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
• perplex — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
• bewilder — If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
• amuse — If something amuses you, it makes you want to laugh or smile.
• divert — to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
• mislead — to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
• detract — If one thing detracts from another, it makes it seem less good or impressive.
• fluster — to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• puzzle — a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
• confound — If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
• discompose — to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
• befuddle — If something befuddles you, it confuses your mind or thoughts.
• abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
• sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
• disconcert — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
• madden — to anger or infuriate: The delays maddened her.
• agitate — If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
• addle — If something addles someone's mind or brain, they become confused and unable to think properly.
• occupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
• unbalance — to throw or put out of balance.
• stall — a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
• torment — to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
• derange — to disturb the order or arrangement of; throw into disorder; disarrange
• beguile — If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
• unhinge — to remove (a door or the like) from hinges.
• harass — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
• absorb — If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in.
• frenzy — extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement.
• mix up — an act or instance of mixing.
• throw off — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
• catch flies — any of various plants, especially of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having a viscid secretion on the stem and calyx in which small insects are sometimes caught.
• draw away — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).