to distraction

ADJECTIVE

madly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crazily desperately energetically excitedly foolishly frantically furiously hastily hysterically intensely passionately recklessly tumultuously violently

STRONG

dementedly insanely

WEAK

absurdly deliriously devotedly distractedly exceedingly excessively extremely frenziedly hard hurriedly irrationally like mad ludicrously nonsensically psychotically quickly rabidly rapidly rashly senselessly something fierce speedily stormily turbulently unreasonably

Antonyms

WEAK

calmly normally

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to distraction

On the other hand, HR seems to have a knack for driving these same people to distraction with piles of paperwork, social engineering and ever-changing policies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

“And sometimes, they can drive you to distraction because of unpredictability,” it adds.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2025

But the amount of CGI buoying this production is noticeable to distraction.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024

Ford banged over a penalty to level it at 3-3 and then started to drop kick the Pumas to distraction.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2023

But this, scaling the ladder for the high dive drives me to distraction.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

to distraction

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