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Definition of distraught in English: distraughtadjective dɪˈstrɔːtdəˈstrɔt Very worried and upset. distraught parents looking for a runaway teenager he is terribly distraught Example sentencesExamples - Michelle and her children's deaths have shattered their families and left them distraught.
- They were too distraught to talk and appealed to the assembled media to stay away.
- This is something no one dare tell a distraught woman, desperate to know whether she should be grieving or not.
- Her family have been informed by police and were said to be distraught.
- Matthew's distraught mother, Ann, was offered comfort by the youngsters at the scene.
- The verdict and sentence have left Rita's older sister Annette distraught and deeply upset.
- He said floral tributes had been put at the front door to the flat, including one by a girl who seemed quite distraught.
- There was none so I smiled at the distraught gentleman and game him the thumbs up sign.
- He was so honored and yet again, distraught that my name was on the bottom corner.
- The distraught uncle said the family was praying for the safe release of the teenager.
- After looking up my marks on Quest, I was distraught to find they had a slight scar to them.
- A distraught father has told how his wife sat watching TV as a car crashed through their living room wall.
- Some of the professors at a local university are distraught over the state of affairs here.
- The sudden loss of their beloved puppies has left owners distraught and desperate.
- My parents were distraught and upset by the actions of this person or people.
- His distraught wife Lesley had to break the devastating news to the children that their dad would not be coming home.
- I would be totally distraught if she died and I couldn't do anything about it.
- The distraught owners spent several hours walking around the area searching for their dogs but had no luck.
- She was left distraught after callous thieves stole the wheelchair from outside her flat in Godric Place.
- He was distraught and we virtually had to tie him down to stop him leaping back into the water.
Synonyms worried, upset, distressed, fraught, devastated, shattered overcome, overwrought, beside oneself, out of one's mind, desperate, at one's wits' end hysterical, frenzied, raving, deranged informal in a state, worked up British informal swivel-eyed
Origin Late Middle English: alteration of the obsolete adjective distract (from Latin distractus 'pulled apart'), influenced by straught, archaic past participle of stretch. Rhymes abort, apport, assort, athwart, aught, besought, bethought, bort, bought, brought, caught, cavort, comport, consort, contort, Cort, court, escort, exhort, export, extort, fort, fought, fraught, import, methought, misreport, mort, naught, nought, Oort, ought, outfought, port, Porte, purport, quart, rort, short, snort, sort, sought, sport, support, swart, taught, taut, thought, thwart, tort, transport, wart, wrought Definition of distraught in US English: distraughtadjectivedəˈstrôtdəˈstrɔt Deeply upset and agitated. distraught parents looking for a runaway teenager he appeared on television, grief-ravaged and distraught Example sentencesExamples - A distraught father has told how his wife sat watching TV as a car crashed through their living room wall.
- This is something no one dare tell a distraught woman, desperate to know whether she should be grieving or not.
- She was left distraught after callous thieves stole the wheelchair from outside her flat in Godric Place.
- My parents were distraught and upset by the actions of this person or people.
- The distraught uncle said the family was praying for the safe release of the teenager.
- I would be totally distraught if she died and I couldn't do anything about it.
- Her family have been informed by police and were said to be distraught.
- He said floral tributes had been put at the front door to the flat, including one by a girl who seemed quite distraught.
- Matthew's distraught mother, Ann, was offered comfort by the youngsters at the scene.
- After looking up my marks on Quest, I was distraught to find they had a slight scar to them.
- Michelle and her children's deaths have shattered their families and left them distraught.
- Some of the professors at a local university are distraught over the state of affairs here.
- The verdict and sentence have left Rita's older sister Annette distraught and deeply upset.
- They were too distraught to talk and appealed to the assembled media to stay away.
- The distraught owners spent several hours walking around the area searching for their dogs but had no luck.
- The sudden loss of their beloved puppies has left owners distraught and desperate.
- There was none so I smiled at the distraught gentleman and game him the thumbs up sign.
- His distraught wife Lesley had to break the devastating news to the children that their dad would not be coming home.
- He was so honored and yet again, distraught that my name was on the bottom corner.
- He was distraught and we virtually had to tie him down to stop him leaping back into the water.
Synonyms worried, upset, distressed, fraught, devastated, shattered
Origin Late Middle English: alteration of the obsolete adjective distract (from Latin distractus ‘pulled apart’), influenced by straught, archaic past participle of stretch. |