drifty
1
7.8
- adjective
- /ˈdrɪfti/
- Informal
:
distraído
- After taking the medicine, I felt a little drifty and struggled to concentrate on my work.
Examples
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His head felt warm, thickish; his thoughts were subject to a drifty confusion, similar to the way he had felt on the rare occasions when he smoked marijuana.
Fiction book (2002) -
It reminded Louie of Virginia and Thomas Jefferson's house; the next town over from Gray, Georgia, called Monticello, gave her a queer kind of lost, drifty feeling.
Fiction book (2000) -
She seemed drifty during the meeting, frequently losing her train of thought.
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His drifty demeanor made it difficult to have a serious conversation.
Synonyms
32
4.5
Thinking so much about something that you do not notice what is happening around you
23
2.8
A person who often cannot remember things
19
4.0
Not paying attention because your mind is somewhere else
9
7.4
A person who changes plans and loses interest easily
5
5.3
Does not notice what is happening or small details
3
7.3
A person who is not organized, easily distracted, and often forgets things
3
8.7
When you should be paying attention, you miss important things
2
5.9
A person who often does not pay attention and forgets small things like keys
1
7.3
Looking dreamy and lost in thought, not paying attention
1
8.7
Not fully paying attention and feeling confused or dreamy
1
5.8
Likely to lose attention when other things happen
1
9.9
A person who does not pay attention, often forgets things and is disorganized
1
8.1
Not paying attention because you are thinking about something else
1
9.9
Confused and acting silly with a muddled, forgetful mind
Not able to pay attention because your mind is on other things
Not paying attention to what is happening or being said
Not paying attention because you feel worried or are thinking about something else
Antonyms
How Focused
Surface Forms
Morphology
drifty = drift (semi-transparent) = drift + y
The connection to 'drift' is clear, but the specific meaning of being absent-minded is not a standard derivation.
Etymology
Drifty comes from the word drift, which also means 'to move slowly away', like when your thoughts leave the room. So a 'drifty' person is one whose mind slowly moves away and loses focus.