[dih-strey; Fr. dees-tRe]
inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
While she and Arthur (who had arrived before me) supplied the children with tea and cake, I tried to engage the Earl in conversation: but he was restless and distrait, and we made little progress.
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- Slava
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Good suggestion, Klimt. This one's a relative of distraught, but with a nicely different meaning. Sometimes hard to distinguish, but it's important, I do believe.
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
Good point, Slava.
"distrait means 'absent-minded as a result of apprehension, worry, etc.' while distraught means 'agitated' and 'bewildered, distracted'"
"distrait means 'absent-minded as a result of apprehension, worry, etc.' while distraught means 'agitated' and 'bewildered, distracted'"
Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist which alone is significant - they should look attentively at my pictures and there seek to recognise what I am and what I want.
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