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Distraught Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Distraught? [adj] deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Distraught: agitated \| overwrought Related Terms \| Find terms related to Distraught: abashed \| abnormal \| abroad \| addled \| adrift \| agitated \| astray \| at sea \| batty \| bereft of reason \| berserk \| bewildered \| bothered \| brainsick \| clueless \| concerned \| confused \| crackbrained \| cracked \| crazed \| crazy \| daft \| delirious \| deluded \| demented \| deprived of reason \| deranged \| discomposed \| disconcerted \| dismayed \| disoriented \| distracted \| distrait \| distressed \| disturbed \| embarrassed \| excited \| feverish \| flighty \| flustered \| frantic \| frenetic \| frenzied \| guessing \| hallucinated \| harassed \| hysterical \| in a fix \| in a maze \| in a pickle \| in a scrape \| in a stew \| insane \| irrational \| loco \| lost \| lunatic \| mad \| maddened \| manic \| mazed \| mental \| mentally deficient \| meshuggah \| moon-struck \| muddled \| nervous \| non compos \| non compos mentis \| nonplussed \| not all there \| not right \| nuts \| odd \| of unsound mind \| off \| off the track \| overwrought \| perturbed \| psycho \| put-out \| queer \| rambling \| reasonless \| senseless \| sick \| stark-mad \| stark-staring mad \| strange \| tetched \| tormented \| touched \| troubled \| turned around \| unbalanced \| unhinged \| unsane \| unsettled \| unsound \| upset \| wandering \| wild \| without a clue \| witless \| worked up \| wrought up See Also \| Distraught In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*traught"\, p. p. & a. [OE. distract, distrauht. See {Distract}, a.] 1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] ``His greedy throat . . . distraught.'' --Spenser. 2. Distracted; perplexed. ``Distraught twixt fear and pity.'' --Spenser. As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror. --Shak. To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls Which are the most distraught and full of pain. --Mrs. Browning.

Distraught Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Distraught?

[adj] deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Distraught: agitated | overwrought

See Also |

Distraught In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*traught"\, p. p. & a. [OE. distract, distrauht.
See {Distract}, a.]
1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] ``His greedy throat . . .
   distraught.'' --Spenser.

2. Distracted; perplexed. ``Distraught twixt fear and pity.''
   --Spenser.

         As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror.
                                               --Shak.

         To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls Which are
         the most distraught and full of pain. --Mrs.
                                               Browning.

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