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
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- Rhymes: -ɔːt
Adjective
distraught (comparative more distraught, superlative most distraught)
- 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.
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Translations
deeply hurt, saddened, or worried
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