Distraught Definition

dĭ-strôt
adjective
Deeply agitated, as from worry or grief.
American Heritage
Extremely troubled; mentally confused; distracted; harassed.
Webster's New World
Driven mad; crazed.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Distraught

  • From Middle English, merger of distract (“distracted”) and straught (“distraught”), past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”). Compare also bestraught, extraught, forstraught, etc. More at distract, stretch.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English alteration of distract past participle of distracten to distract distract

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Distraught Sentence Examples

  • Jenn's distraught features gazed up at him, and he felt bad again for causing her any sort of pain.

  • He was happy to be out of the dining room where Brandon Westlake and Pumpkin Green, both distraught over Billy Langstrom's death, were pressing Dean for details.

  • When she opened her eyes, she was distraught to see the cozy living room of her father's apartment.

  • He shook his head, obviously still distraught by the mere thought of it.

  • Maybe he was so distraught that he turned to Dulce for comfort.

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DDIDIS

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THTGHT

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