Distraught
adj
adj ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
"His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone."
- 2 Mad; insane.
Adjective
- 1 deeply agitated especially from emotion wordnet
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More examples"My poor state of mind made me distraught."
Etymology
From Middle English distraught, blend of distract (“distracted”) and straught (“stretched, distraught”), past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”). Compare also bestraught, extraught, forstraught, etc. More at distract, stretch.