adjective · rare

distraught

distraught · more distraught · most distraught

божевільний, шалений, безумний

расстроенный, огорчённый, смятённый

außer sich, aufgelöst, völlig verzweifelt, verstört

Deeply hurt, saddened, or worriedDeeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.

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/dɪsˈtɹɔːt/

» Tom is pretty distraught.

Том глибоко збентежений.

Meaning

2 senses

Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.
verstört, aufgelöst, außer sich
расстро́енныйrasstrójennyj, огорчённыйogorčónnyj, смятённыйsmjatjónnyj
Mad; insane.

More definitions

deeply agitated especially from emotion

Examples

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Tom is pretty distraught.
Том глибоко збентежений.
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Why do you look so distraught?
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Tom seems terribly distraught, doesn't he?
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Tom seemed to be distraught, didn't he?
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Don't look so distraught.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

deeply hurt, saddened, or worried:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

deeply hurt, saddened, or worried:

Origin

From Middle English distraught, blend of distract (“distracted”) and straught (“stretched,

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.

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