distraction

3 definitions • 4 examples

the state of being very bored or annoyed:

to distraction His lessons bore me to distraction.

drive someone to distraction That dreadful noise is driving me to distraction.

something that prevents someone from giving their attention to something else:

I can turn the television off if you find it a distraction.

an activity that you do for pleasure:

one of the distractions of city life