The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            A city . . . distracted from itself.  --Fuller.
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   2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different
      directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the
      eye; to distract the attention.
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            Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination.
                                                  --Goldsmith.
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   3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of
      motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
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            Horror and doubt distract
            His troubled thoughts.                --Milton.
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   4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to
      madden; -- most frequently used in the participle,
      distracted.
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            A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her.
                                                  --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Distraught \Dis*traught"\, p. p. & a. [OE. distract, distrauht.
   See Distract, a.]
   1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] "His greedy throat . . .
      distraught." --Spenser.
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   2. Distracted; perplexed. "Distraught twixt fear and pity."
      --Spenser.
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            As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror.
                                                  --Shak.
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            To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls
            Which are the most distraught and full of pain.
                                                  --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

distraught
    adj 1: deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with
           grief" [syn: distraught, overwrought]