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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

Example Sentences

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Driven to distraction by his outrageous statements, they lose the capacity to focus on their own interests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Oct. 11, 2025

You also ostentatiously delight in driving your foes to distraction.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 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

One could presumably drive oneself to distraction in this way.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro