English to Dutch Meaning of distrait - distrait

Distrait :

distrait

adjective

afgetrokken, ver weg, zonder acht te slaan, afwezig, verstrooidheid, onoplettend, onachtzaam, lusteloos, nalatig, vergeetachtig, zorgeloos

Distrait :: distrait

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Definitions of distrait in English

Adjective(1) having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety

Examples of distrait in English

(1) Although her journey into madness is somewhat short-circuited, Rachel Pickup is also a frighteningly distrait Ophelia.(2) But, as someone about to construct a bomb might appear distrait anyway, the judgment was difficult.(3) She towers over most human beings (myself included) and there's a distrait quality about her eyes.(4) His manner was, I thought, a shade distrait , a little other worldly.(5) Set in Paris in 1928, Hastings's play focuses on Joyce's distrait daughter, Lucia.(6) Perhaps, patients about to undergo operations at the hands of distrait surgeons could be allowed to get their tattoos done on the NHS.(7) He has always seemed somewhat distrait , but now he has the lost air of a man who has fallen from the heavens into an unknown world.

(1) driven to distraction ::

gedreven om afleiding

Synonyms

Adjective

1. distracted ::

afgeleid

2. preoccupied ::

in gedachten verzonken

3. absorbed ::

geabsorbeerd

4. abstracted ::

afgetrokken

5. distant ::

afgelegen

6. faraway ::

ver weg

7. absentminded ::

verstrooid

8. vague ::

vaag

9. inattentive ::

onoplettend

10. in a brown study ::

in een bruine studie

11. woolgathering ::

verstrooidheid

13. in a world of one's own ::

in een wereld van de eigen

14. miles away ::

mijl afstand

15. not with it ::

niet mee

Antonyms

1. collected ::

verzamelde

2. composed ::

samengesteld

3. recollected ::

herinnerde

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