Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Distract \Dis*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distracted}, old p.
   p. {Distraught}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distracting}.]
   1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.

            A city . . . distracted from itself.  --Fuller.

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

            Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination.
                                                  --Goldsmith.

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

            Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts.
                                                  --Milton.

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

            A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her.
                                                  --Shak.

Distraught \Dis*traught"\, p. p. & a. [OE. distract, distrauht.
   See {Distract}, a.]
   1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] ``His greedy throat . . .
      distraught.'' --Spenser.

   2. Distracted; perplexed. ``Distraught twixt fear and pity.''
      --Spenser.

            As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror.
                                                  --Shak.

            To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls Which are
            the most distraught and full of pain. --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.

Source : WordNet®

distraught
     adj : deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with
           grief" [syn: {overwrought}]