distraught

English

Etymology

From Middle English, merger of distract (“distracted”) and straught (“distraught”), past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”). Compare also bestraught, extraught, forstraught, etc. More at distract, stretch.

Adjective

distraught (comparative more distraught, superlative most distraught)

1. Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.

   His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.

Derived terms

• distraughtly
• distraughtness

Synonyms

• distressed
• pained

Translations

Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried

Bulgarian: объркан (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 懊惱 (zh), 懊恼 (zh) (àonǎo), 煩亂的 (zh), 烦乱的 (zh) (fánluàn de) Dutch: verstoord (nl) French: perturbé (fr) German: angetan (de), verstört (de)

Hindi: परेशान (hi) (pareśān) Italian: distrutto (it), colpito (it) Portuguese: transtornado (pt), perturbado (pt) Russian: расстроенный (ru) (rasstrójennyj), огорчённый (ru) (ogorčónnyj) Spanish: perturbado (es), trastornado (es), destrozado (es), deshecho (es), afligido (es) Urdu: پریشان (ur) (pareśān)