distraught

[ dih-strawt ]

/ dɪˈstrɔt /

distracted; deeply agitated.

mentally deranged; crazed.

Origin of distraught

1350–1400; Middle English variant of obsolete distract distracted, by association with straught, old past participle of stretch

dis·traught·ly, adverb o·ver·dis·traught, adjective un·dis·traught, adjective

Distraught, confused and ashamed, both men broke down in the courtroom, weeping like children and begging for forgiveness.

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Distraught, she wrote her poem on the subway on the way to the event.

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She was distraught and sad walking through a park on Long Island when she joined a drum circle on a whim.

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Close was so distraught by the alteration that she initially refused to take part in the re-shoot.

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Greste was so distraught by the dog's medical troubles he delayed a trip home to Australia by a few days.

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I have erred and am distraught in wretched and helpless ruin.

The Argonautica |Apollonius Rhodius
I am distraught,” he saith, “and I am in anguish;66 my heart leaps forth from my bosom.

The Teaching of Epictetus |Epictetus
She was so weary and distraught with the strain of nerves taut and vibrant with emotion, that she was by no means herself.

The Bandbox |Louis Joseph Vance
Again the long beseeching look, as of a distraught, pleading animal.

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But now he wandered away like one distraught, and the stable boy knew that something was wrong.

The Belton Estate |Anthony Trollope

distraught

/ (dɪˈstrɔːt) /

distracted or agitated

rare mad

C14: changed from obsolete distract through influence of obsolete straught, past participle of stretch