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distraught

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dis·traught  (d-strôt)
adj.
1. Deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict.
2. Mad; insane.

[Middle English, alteration of distract, past participle of distracten, to distract; see distract.]

distraught [dɪˈstrɔːt]
adj
1. (Psychology) distracted or agitated
2. (Psychology) Rare mad
[changed from obsolete distract through influence of obsolete straught, past participle of stretch]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.distraught - deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"
agitated - troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"

distraught
adjective frantic, wild, desperate, mad, anxious, distressed, raving, distracted, hysterical, worked-up, agitated, crazed, overwrought, out of your mind, at the end of your tether, wrought-up, beside yourself Her distraught parents were last night being comforted.
Translations
distraught [dɪsˈtrɔːt] ADJafligido, alterado(LAm)
in a distraught voicecon una voz embargada por la emoción

distraught [dɪˈstrɔːt] adjdésespéré(e)

distraught
adjverzweifelt, außer sich (dat) pred; look, voiceverzweifelt

distraught [dɪsˈtrɔːt] adjstravolto/a, sconvolto/a
distraught [dɪsˈtrɔːt] adjstravolto/a, sconvolto/a

distraught
adj distraught [diˈstroːt]
very worried and upset. buite jouself, radeloos ذاهِل، شَديد الإضطِراب смутен rozrušený, bez sebe oprørt durcheinander ταραγμένος, ανήσυχος afligido, trastornado arust ära پریشان؛ سراسیمه suunniltaan angoissé מוּדאָג परेशान izbezumljen, zbunjen megzavarodott resah örvinglaður sconvolto 取り乱した 마음이 산란한 susisielojęs, susirūpinęs ļoti norūpējies/sarūgtināts dukacita overstuur fortvilet, ute av seg strapiony transtornado înnebunit (de) смятенный rozrušený, bez seba vznemirjen izbezumljen upprörd, oroad ว้าวุ่นใจ kaygılı, üzgün 心神錯亂的 збожеволілий حد سے زیادہ پریشان quẫn trí


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"Good Heavens, my nerves are all distraught," he said.
At sight of this he became almost distraught with rage.
"Ah, peradventure my head being distraught by the manifold matters whereunto the confusions of these but late adventured haps and fortunings whereby not I alone nor you alone, but every each of us, meseem- eth --"
 
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