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distrait
[dih-strey, dees-tre]
adjective
inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
distrait
/ distrɛ, dɪˈstreɪ /
adjective
absent-minded; abstracted
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- overdistrait adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of distrait1
Example Sentences
Looking more than a little distrait, she paused just long enough to push downward on Bloomberg’s roving hindquarters.
Though weary and distrait, Margu�rite Garth was of too frank a disposition to allow such an extraordinary incident to pass without comment.
But Kipps was distrait for some seconds, perhaps, and the mischief had begun in him.
Slyne grew somewhat distrait and restless as the long dinner ran its course, and Carthew had to devote more attention to the duchess.
I found my cousin distrait, absent, moody, sad, preoccupied, unlike herself.
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