Distract

Separated; drawn asunder.

Insane; mad.

To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.

To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.

To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.

To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.