distracted Play adjectiveUnable to concentrate because one is preoccupied by something worrying or unpleasant. SYNONYMS absentabsorbedabstractedagitatedbefuddledbemusedbewilderedconfuseddiscomposeddisconcerteddistantdistraitdivertedengrossedfarawayfazedflusteredharassedhassledin a flapin a world of one's owninattentivemiles awaymystifiednonplussednot with itperplexedpesteredpreoccupiedpuzzledruffledtormentedtroubledvagueworried