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distraught definition

dis·traught (di strôt′)

adjective

  1. extremely troubled; mentally confused; distracted; harassed
  2. driven mad; crazed

Etymology: ME, var. of distrait

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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