distraught

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtɹɔːt/
• Rhymes: -ɔːt

Adjective

distraught (comparative more distraught, superlative most distraught)

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

   His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.

   • 2018 May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)‎^[1]:

     […] Karius was a danger to his own team, responsible for Madrid’s two other goals and last seen wandering aimlessly around the pitch – alone, distraught and clearly traumatised – to ask forgiveness, hands clasped, from the thousands of Liverpool supporters.

Synonyms

• distressed
• pained

Derived terms

• distraughtly
• distraughtness

Translations

deeply hurt, saddened, or worried

• Bulgarian: объркан (bg) (obǎrkan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 懊惱／懊恼 (zh) (àonǎo), 懊恼 (zh) (àonǎo), 煩亂的／烦乱的 (zh), 烦乱的 (zh) (fánluàn de)

• Dutch: verstoord (nl), vertwijfeld (nl)
• Finnish: järkyttynyt (fi)
• French: affolé (fr), égaré (fr), désemparé (fr), éperdu (fr), perturbé (fr)
• German: verstört (de), aufgelöst (de), außer sich, völlig verzweifelt
• Hindi: परेशान (hi) (pareśān)
• Italian: distrutto (it), colpito (it)
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• Maori: auhi, keka
• Portuguese: transtornado (pt), perturbado (pt)
• Russian: расстро́енный (ru) (rasstrójennyj), огорчённый (ru) (ogorčónnyj), смятённый m (smjatjónnyj)
• Spanish: perturbado (es), trastornado (es), destrozado (es), deshecho (es), afligido (es)
• Swedish: förkrossad (sv), upprörd (sv)
• Turkish: aklı başından gitmiş, çıldırmış (tr), çılgına dönmüş, çok endişeli, çok sinirli, çok üzgün, kendinden geçmiş, perişan (tr), şaşırmış
• Urdu: پریشان (pareśān)
• Yiddish: פֿאַרקלעמט (farklemt)