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distraught

American  
[dih-strawt] / dɪˈstrɔt /

adjective

  1. distracted; deeply agitated.

  2. mentally deranged; crazed.

distraught British  
/ dɪˈstrɔːt /

adjective

  1. distracted or agitated

  2. rare mad

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Other Word Forms

  • distraughtly adverb
  • overdistraught adjective
  • undistraught adjective

Etymology

Origin of distraught

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

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